HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE

LUXOR No.5

Temple of Amenhotep III; Colonnade of Amenhotep III, view from the hypostyle hall.

• The hypostyle hall, the courtyard of Amenhotep III, the great colonnade and the first pylon from the foreground to the background.
  The second pylon and the north columns of the courtyard of Amenhotep III are lost.
• The two rows of columns of colonnade are 18m high.

Temple of Amenhotep III; The view from Sacrarium of Amenhotep III.

• Hypostyle hall of Amenhotep III, Colonnade of Amenhotep III and the first pylon are on the center axis.

Photo: Shoji Hiramatsu

[No.1]Dromos	: [No.2]Sphinxes, Courtyard of Ramesses II
[No.3]Courtyard of Ramesses II	: [No.4]Courtyard of Amenhotep III
[No.5]Great colonnade	: [No.6]Hypostyle hall
[No.7]Sacrarium	: [No.8]Colossi of Memnon
[No.9]Valley of the Kings

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