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 Egyptian Architecture. 13 which is flanked on each side with a pyramidal pylon, and in front of which usually stood two obelisks. The doorway between these pylons leads into a square vestibule open to the sky, with porticoes on two, sometimes on three, sides. The vestibule gives access to a large inner court, with a massive roof supported on columns. Beyond this are several 1 L JL In "" • J; ■ : j'(iSB!Sr i II H Fig. 7. — Capital of a Column. Palm ornament. Fig. 6. — Egyptian Columns. smaller apartments of varying size, enclosing within them the kernel of the whole — the low, narrow, mysterious, dimly-lighted cella — the shrine in which is enthroned in mystic gloom the image of the god. In several instances it is clear that these great temples have been extended by the addition of a court-yard and an entrance in front of the
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