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Beit el-Wali

unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/116981
Date
-1279--1213
Description
The forecourt, frontal view of the east 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); temple
Subject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Egypt--Religion, Ramses II, King of Egypt, New Kingdom (Egyptian), Nineteenth Dynasty
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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