Beit el-Wali
unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Date
-1279--1213Description
The forecourt, frontal view of the west wall, depicting reliefs; During the reign of Ramesses II many temples were built in Nubia, the earliest of which is the rock temple of Beit el-Wali (now re-erected at New Kalabsha, near Aswan). Here a narrow hall, originally covered with a barrel vault rising from a cavetto cornice, gave access to a transverse hall, the roof of which was supported by two rather squat polygonal columns. Alterations had been made during the construction of this temple; originally one door led from the outer hall, but two more were added when statue niches were placed in the transverse hall. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/18/2008)
Type of Work
excavation (site); templeSubject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Egypt--Religion, Ramses II, King of Egypt, New Kingdom (Egyptian), Nineteenth Dynasty
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