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 CHAP. II. TEMPLE OF BENG MEALEA. 395 have been the palaces of the King and Queen respectively. The lower or eastern one (P), of which the great central hall, with
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ScaJLe, of Feet 469. Plan of the Temple at Beng a portion of its vault, still exists in situ, is supposed to have been the Queen's Palace, this hall being lighted from four courts ; the absence of any smaller apartments in this and the western block (V) render its appropriation doubtful, but the great hall with its side aisles would seem to have been built as a throne or state reception room. All the outer courts were filled with