Capital in the Temple at Denderah Small 200×320 Medium 401×640 Large 641×1024 Download Tiff Original 1503×2400 | (1.0 MB) Description In some temples the pillars have, in lieu of capital, the face of a goddess, probably of Isis, with a drooping sacerdotal hood, and supporting a temple on the head. This face is repeated on four sides of the circular shaft. Keywords column, Crown, dendera temple complex, Egyptian architecture, egyptian capital, faces, inverted bell, pilaster, temple of denderah Galleries Egyptian Architecture Source: A. Rosengarten, W. Collett-Sandars A Handbook of Architectural Styles (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)
