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Profile of the Colossal Statue on a Pier at the Luxor Temple
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Description: Instead of columns, square piers are not infrequently introduced in the tombs. In structural buildings they only occur in connection with colossal statues; in which case the pier supports the roof, and the statue, while connected with the pier at the back, has its head free, without supporting anything.
Source: A. Rosengarten, W. Collett-Sandars A Handbook of Architectural Styles (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895) 28
Keywords: egyptian architecture, colossal statue, big statue, square piers, palace at luxor temple,
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