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View of the Hypostle Hall from the other side.
egypt: part three
March 21, 2008
karnak + hypostle
Wow.
egypt: part three
March 21, 2008
karnak + hypostle
The Hypostle Hall is CRAZY! It has 134 columns that are all about 70' feet tall!
egypt: part three
March 21, 2008
karnak + hypostle
If you look at some of the huge beams that sit on top of the columns you can still see some of the original paint that used to be on top of all of the hieroglyphs carved into the stone!
egypt: part three
March 21, 2008
karnak + hypostle
It's hard to even describe what seeing this room in person is like.
egypt: part three
March 21, 2008
karnak + hypostle
Archaeologists estimate that each of the big rounded pieces on top of the columns weigh 7 tons! How did they lift each of them 70' feet in the air???
egypt: part three
March 21, 2008
karnak + hypostle
Each of the columns is about 10' in DIAMETER!
egypt: part three
March 21, 2008