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[lect. ii.
PLATE XIII.
egyptian temples.
No. 1.—Shews an Egyptian temple: that of the
Hawks in the island of PhiLz, in the Nile; which
is entirely open at the top; and indeed, though it
may be called enclosed at the bottom, yet as that
enclosure reaches only part of the height of the
pillars, if not too high to be overlooked, it might
permit spectators to view what was passing within
the sacred precinct.—This idea is well known to
have been adopted in the temple at Jerusalem.
From Norden's Designs in Egypt.
No. 2.—Is its plan.
No. 3.—Is a temple directly the reverse of the
other; being entirely under-ground: so that what-
ever services were performed in it, must have been
performed altogether by torch-light. Whether it
was (as is probable) dedicated to the infernal gods,
or whether it was principally the sepulchre ot three
great persons, to whose memory their posterity
maintained great attention, and to whose honor
they might perform certain solemnities, or rather
whether it might not unite both of these purposes,
is wholly unknown.
By its plan No. 4. it appears to consist of a
large chamber in the center, with three tombs in it,
regularly placed in recesses: the fourth recess being
occupied by the door-way. Probably these tombs
are placed according to the four cardinal points of
the heavens. The whole is of good workmanship ;
and cut in the rock; it is at Necropolis, probably,
the City of the dead: near the old port of Alex-
andria in Eevpt. From Nor den.
PLATE
[lect. ii.
PLATE XIII.
egyptian temples.
No. 1.—Shews an Egyptian temple: that of the
Hawks in the island of PhiLz, in the Nile; which
is entirely open at the top; and indeed, though it
may be called enclosed at the bottom, yet as that
enclosure reaches only part of the height of the
pillars, if not too high to be overlooked, it might
permit spectators to view what was passing within
the sacred precinct.—This idea is well known to
have been adopted in the temple at Jerusalem.
From Norden's Designs in Egypt.
No. 2.—Is its plan.
No. 3.—Is a temple directly the reverse of the
other; being entirely under-ground: so that what-
ever services were performed in it, must have been
performed altogether by torch-light. Whether it
was (as is probable) dedicated to the infernal gods,
or whether it was principally the sepulchre ot three
great persons, to whose memory their posterity
maintained great attention, and to whose honor
they might perform certain solemnities, or rather
whether it might not unite both of these purposes,
is wholly unknown.
By its plan No. 4. it appears to consist of a
large chamber in the center, with three tombs in it,
regularly placed in recesses: the fourth recess being
occupied by the door-way. Probably these tombs
are placed according to the four cardinal points of
the heavens. The whole is of good workmanship ;
and cut in the rock; it is at Necropolis, probably,
the City of the dead: near the old port of Alex-
andria in Eevpt. From Nor den.
PLATE