Temple at Luxor
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 | Temple at Luxor |
| Designer | Amenophis III |
| Location | Luxor, Thebes |
| Date | -1408 to -1300 |
| Building Type | temple |
| Climate | desert |
| Context | -- |
| Architectural Style | Ancient Egyptian |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | one of the temples of Amon |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Temple_at_Luxor.html |
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"The Temple at Luxor, Thebes, though founded on an older sanctuary and, like most temples, altered and repaired subsequently, is substantially the work of Amenophis III, apart from a great forecourt, with pylons, added by Rameses II. It was dedicated to the Theban triad, Amun, Mut and Khons. The illustration shows remains of the forecourt, with papyrus-bud capitals and a seated colossus of Rameses, connected by twin colonnades, 53 m (174 ft) long, to a lesser court by Amenophis in the distance. The twin colonnades of bell-capital columns, 12.8 m (42 ft) high, were the only part ever built of a grand hypostyle hall projected by Amenophis, or by the last king of his dynasty, Horemheb. Amenophis III also built a mortuary temple on the west bank at Thebes, but little survives except the twin seated statues of himself, originally 20.8 m (68 ft) high, famous from ancient time as the Colossi of Memnon."
—Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p53.
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Howard Davis. Slides from photographer's collection. PCD 2260.1012.0405.xx. PCD 2260.1012.0405.xx. PCD 2260.1012.0405.xx. PCD 2260.1012.0405.xx. PCD 2260.1012.0405.xx. PCD 2260.1012.0405.xx. PCD 2260.1012.0405.xx.
Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 19th ed, John Musgrove, ed. London: Butterworths, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. 720'.9. p53, 55.— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
E. Baldwin Smith. Egyptian Architecture as Cultural Expression. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. perspective drawing of forecourt of Amenhotep III from northeast, plateXLVI, p156. perspective of temple drawing, plateXLVI, p156. facade reconstruction perspective drawing, plateXLV, p154. plan drawing, plateXLV, p154.
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