Great Hypostyle Hall information

The Great Hypostyle Hall is located within the Karnak Temple Complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re. It is one of the most visited monuments of Ancient Egypt...

In architecture, a hypostyle (/ˈhaɪpəˌstaɪl, ˈhɪpə-/) hall has a roof which is supported by columns. The term hypostyle comes from the ancient Greek ὑπόστυλος...

cultures for their own religious purposes, such as Coptic churches. The Great Hypostyle Hall in the Precinct of Amun-Re has an area of 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m2)...

to the temple. Thirty-nine out of the forty-eight columns in the great hypostyle hall (41 × 31 m) still stand in the central rows. They are decorated with...

and natural motifs. Egyptian columns are famously present in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak (c. 1224 BC), where 134 columns are lined up in sixteen...

outside the south wall of the Great Hypostyle Hall Abydos: Ramesses II temple Abu Simbel: Great Temple north wall of the first hall Ramesseum, west side of...

father's unfinished monuments, including the southern half of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak and portions of his father's temples at Gurnah and Abydos"...

prosperity. During the reign of Ramesses II, the construction of the Great Hypostyle Hall of the temples of Karnak, the Luxor Temple and the temples of Abu...

and natural motifs. Egyptian columns are famously present in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak (c. 1224 BC), where 134 columns are lined up in 16 rows...

looking south towards the prayer hall The vaulted space of the courtyard's northern portico The great hypostyle hall, dotted with Corinthian columns,...

empire. The two chambers were connected by the great hypostyle hall, which was the central structure. The hall was supposed to be the meeting point between...

the Nile, as the sun was going down, and I was all alone, and the Great Hypostyle Hall was full of shadows and ghosts of the past, and suddenly I heard...

of Toronto. He returns to Egypt on a regular basis as part of the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak project, a joint endeavour between the University of Memphis...

material for pylons and as foundations for large buildings. The Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak is built on thousands of these blocks, as is the Second...

Large Hypostyle Hall Small Hypostyle Hall Laboratory Storage magazine Offering entry Treasury Exit to well Access to stairwell Offering hall Hall of the...

Alexander the Great did arrive at the temple of Amun, where the statue of the god was transferred from Karnak during the Opet Festival, the great religious...

reign. He constructed the Second, Ninth, and Tenth Pylons of the Great Hypostyle Hall, in the Temple at Karnak, using recycled talatat blocks from Akhenaten's...

British Museum. Thirty-nine out of the forty-eight columns in the great hypostyle hall (41 x 31 m) still stand in the central rows. They are decorated with...

Apadana (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴, [apəˈdänə or äpəˈdänə]) is a large hypostyle hall in Persepolis, Iran. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the...

period kings made further contributions to the Temple at Karnak.  The Great Hypostyle Hall, commissioned by Sety I (19th Dynasty), consisted of 134 sandstone...

the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, whose largest columns are 69 feet (21 m) tall. In later periods, the Egyptians favored a different style of hall, where...

Maghreb. Its perimeter, of about 405 metres (1,329 ft), contains a hypostyle prayer hall, a marble-paved courtyard and a square minaret. In addition to its...

and natural motifs. Egyptian columns are famously present in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak (circa 1224 BC), where 134 columns are lined up in sixteen...

Hungary) William J. Murnane, Egyptologist, author, director of the Great Hypostyle Hall Project at Luxor Karnak Temple, research associate and professor...

back to Egyptian hypostyle Halls. The Basilica Ulpia is very similar to one of the most famous hypostyle halls, Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. The apse...