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Karnak Hypostyle Hall EG969916JHP Hypostyle Hall Karnak Temple Fisheye Photo Columns Perspective Ramses Sky 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 using a wide lens 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 which supported sandstone gridded clerestory windows one of which is visible. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, sandstone, clerestory, windows, grid, blocks, approach, hypostyle, hall, columns, hieroglyphs, deep cut, windows, painted, roof, sanctuary, gateway, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Karnak Hypostyle Hall EG969916JHP
Upload Date: 2008-04-12 13:40:09
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Hypostyle Hall Karnak Temple Fisheye Photo Columns Perspective Ramses Sky

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 using a wide lens 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 which supported sandstone gridded clerestory windows one of which is visible.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, sandstone, clerestory, windows, grid, blocks, approach, hypostyle, hall, columns, hieroglyphs, deep cut, windows, painted, roof, sanctuary, gateway, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses