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 136 EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. Part I. from :i toinl) of one of the sun-worshipping kings, who reigned between Amenophis III. and Ilorus. From this we pass into an inner and smaller ]iorch, and again through two passages to a dark and myste- rious sanctuary, surrounded by darker passages and cliambers, well calculated to mystify and strike with awe any worshipper or neophyte who might be admitted to their gloomy pre- cincts. The celebrated temple at Dendera is similar to this, and slightly larger, but it has no fore- court, no j)ropylons, and no enclosing outer walls. Its fa9ade is given in the woodcut (No. 38). Its Isis-headed columns are not equal to those of Edfou in taste or grace, but it has the advantage of situation, and this temple is not encumbered either by sand or huts, Avhich still disfigure so many Egyp- tian temples. Its effect, consequently, on travel- lers is always more striking. The Kt)man tcui]»le at Kalabschc (Woodcuts Nos. 40 and 41), above the Cataract, is a fail- specimen of these tem- ))les on a smaller scale. The section (Woodcut No. 41) shows one of the modes by which a scanty liglit was introduced into the inner cells, and their gradation in height. The positiiin, tuo, of its projiylons is a striking instance of the irregularity
 * ts. Facade rif Temiile at Dfiitlera. Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.
 * VJ. I'illar. from ilii- I'lirtioo

at Deiuleru. 40. I>laii of Temple at Kalabsche. Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.