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Karnak Hypostyle Hall EG969910JHP Egyptian Hypostyle Hall Karnak Temple Painted Roof Supports Columns is located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. This view is a scan off a slide film showing the scale of the famous hypostyle hall with its now roofless structure but still awesome towering columns with 12 flanking the processional way and with coloured reliefs under the roof support structures still visible. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, upright, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, sandstone, blocks, approach, hypostyle, hall, columns, hieroglyphs, deep cut, windows, painted, colors, colours, lintel, support, roof, sanctuary, gateway, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Karnak Hypostyle Hall EG969910JHP
Upload Date: 2008-04-12 11:17:34
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Egyptian Hypostyle Hall Karnak Temple Painted Roof Supports Columns is

located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. This view is a scan off a slide film showing the scale of the famous hypostyle hall with its now roofless structure but still awesome towering columns with 12 flanking the processional way and with coloured reliefs under the roof support structures still visible.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, upright, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, sandstone, blocks, approach, hypostyle, hall, columns, hieroglyphs, deep cut, windows, painted, colors, colours, lintel, support, roof, sanctuary, gateway, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses