Cross Section of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel

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In most rock-temples a court, which is sometimes hewn out of the rock, or a covered vestibule forms the entrance, which opens into an entrance-hall, with smaller chamber beyond, in which pillars or columns are introduced according to the exigencies of the case.

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cross section, Egyptian architecture, rock temple, entrance hall, ipsamboul, abu simbel, nubian monument, unesco world heritage site, archaeological site

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Egyptian Architecture

Source

A. Rosengarten, W. Collett-Sandars A Handbook of Architectural Styles (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)

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