O RUDIMENTS OF
ing principally that species of original
Architecture, where the strength of the
fabric was more regarded than its elegance
or beauty ; yet it must be acknowledged
there is much grandeur of idea, symmetry
of parts, and elegance of execution, in
those temples, the ruins of which yet re-
main in upper Egypt, at Hermopolis, Ten-
tyra,Thebes,Karnac, Luxor, Apoliinopoiis
Magna, Philce, &c. parts of which are
enriched with sculptured figures and orna-
ments tastefully composed and skilfully
wrought,, as are shown in the Travels of
Pocock, Norden, and Denon: of the great
temple at Thebes the latter author says,
" of the hundred columns of the portico
alone of this temple, the smallest are seven
and a half feet diameter, the largest twelve,
the space occupied by its circumvallation
contains lakes and mountains, &c." From
these wonders which still remain, it can
only be conjectured what have been de-
stroyed, i
Dr. Pocock, speaking of a statue of Isis
which he supposed to be three thousand
years old, says, "We are not to despise such
uncommon remains of antiquity, but to
ing principally that species of original
Architecture, where the strength of the
fabric was more regarded than its elegance
or beauty ; yet it must be acknowledged
there is much grandeur of idea, symmetry
of parts, and elegance of execution, in
those temples, the ruins of which yet re-
main in upper Egypt, at Hermopolis, Ten-
tyra,Thebes,Karnac, Luxor, Apoliinopoiis
Magna, Philce, &c. parts of which are
enriched with sculptured figures and orna-
ments tastefully composed and skilfully
wrought,, as are shown in the Travels of
Pocock, Norden, and Denon: of the great
temple at Thebes the latter author says,
" of the hundred columns of the portico
alone of this temple, the smallest are seven
and a half feet diameter, the largest twelve,
the space occupied by its circumvallation
contains lakes and mountains, &c." From
these wonders which still remain, it can
only be conjectured what have been de-
stroyed, i
Dr. Pocock, speaking of a statue of Isis
which he supposed to be three thousand
years old, says, "We are not to despise such
uncommon remains of antiquity, but to