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384 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt
north-east (fig. 291)1 and from the south with the village Agermi
in the distance (fig. 292)2: he also had copies made of its reliefs,
which represent Amnion in Egyptian form (fig. 293)3. In addition
to this main doorway the pronaos, to judge from the gaps in
its walls, had two side-entrances opposite to each other. The
walls of the nods to east and west were still 15^ ft long, 4J ft
thick, and over 19 ft high4. The south wall had completely dis-
appeared, so that the original length of the structure could not be
determined. Three of the huge roofing stones, 5 ft broad by 3 ft
thick, still spanned the entire breadth of the building (241ft): of
Fig. 292.
the five seen by Browne two had been overthrown through an
earthquake in 18085. The whole temple was covered, inside and
outside, with reliefs and hieroglyphs. On the exterior and on the
larger figures of the interior all traces of colour had vanished.
Elsewhere the prevailing green and blue was fairly well preserved.
Near the main entry was a ruined vault, which, Minutoli thought,
might perhaps have belonged to a secret passage giving access to
1 H. von Minutoli op. cit. Atlas pi. 7, 1.
2 Id. ib. Atlas pi. 7, 2—taken from the hill Gebel Drara-Enbrik, where the quarries
are situated.
'3 Id. ib. Atlas pi. 10, 2 = designs on the left of the main entry (pi. 7, t).
4 Hornemann put the height at 27 ft : probably, as E. H. Toelken suggests, this
included the stylobate of.rock.
5 Cailliaud dates the earthquake in 1811.
north-east (fig. 291)1 and from the south with the village Agermi
in the distance (fig. 292)2: he also had copies made of its reliefs,
which represent Amnion in Egyptian form (fig. 293)3. In addition
to this main doorway the pronaos, to judge from the gaps in
its walls, had two side-entrances opposite to each other. The
walls of the nods to east and west were still 15^ ft long, 4J ft
thick, and over 19 ft high4. The south wall had completely dis-
appeared, so that the original length of the structure could not be
determined. Three of the huge roofing stones, 5 ft broad by 3 ft
thick, still spanned the entire breadth of the building (241ft): of
Fig. 292.
the five seen by Browne two had been overthrown through an
earthquake in 18085. The whole temple was covered, inside and
outside, with reliefs and hieroglyphs. On the exterior and on the
larger figures of the interior all traces of colour had vanished.
Elsewhere the prevailing green and blue was fairly well preserved.
Near the main entry was a ruined vault, which, Minutoli thought,
might perhaps have belonged to a secret passage giving access to
1 H. von Minutoli op. cit. Atlas pi. 7, 1.
2 Id. ib. Atlas pi. 7, 2—taken from the hill Gebel Drara-Enbrik, where the quarries
are situated.
'3 Id. ib. Atlas pi. 10, 2 = designs on the left of the main entry (pi. 7, t).
4 Hornemann put the height at 27 ft : probably, as E. H. Toelken suggests, this
included the stylobate of.rock.
5 Cailliaud dates the earthquake in 1811.