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Wilkinson, John Gardner; Birch, Samuel [Contr.]
The Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs: being a companion to the Crystal Palace Egyptian collections — London, 1857

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HYPiETHKAL BUILDING—LARGE TEMPLE.

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to the outer court, was through a pylon, or gateway, between
two other pyramidal towers (6), like the first, about forty or
fifty feet high, and decorated also with lofty flagstaffs bearing

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red and white banners. These have even been found repre-
sented in the paintings, witli the statues of the king seated
before the gateway, between them ; though, with an Egyptian
dislike to a front view of the human figure, these last are drawn
in profile (woodcut 111).

On passing this gateway you entered the inner court (5) ;
which, in addition to the colonnade at the sides, had a covered
corridor at the two ends, supported on Osiride pillars, repre-
senting the king in the form of Osiris. The centre part was
open to the air; and at the upper end was an inner row of
columns, behind the Osiride pillars, separated from the open
part by stone screens (4), which, as I before stated, served in lieu
of a portico. Beyond it was the hall of assembly (3), entirely
covered over, with a flat roof supported on numerous columns,
which in the centre avenue were much higher than those to the
right and left, and of a different order, having bell-shaped
 
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