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From: Terrence Lockyer <lockyert@mweb.co.za>
Subject: Re: Columns at Eleusis
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On Thu, 31 May 2001, James Jayo wrote:

: I want to say that a famous Egyptian temple and
: another in Persia each had interior columns like
: those you describe

A quick flip through Cyril Aldred's *Egyptian Art* (London : Thames & Hudson
1980) suggests that there are several such buildings in Egypt.  A general
term for this manner of construction appears to be 'hypostyle' (= 'having a
roof supported by columns'), but I am unsure whether this would apply
exclusively to structures with multiple interior columns.  Aldred
illustrates monuments he labels 'The Ramesseum' on page 145 and 'The temple
of Amun at Luxor' on page 168.


Terrence Lockyer
Johannesburg, South Africa

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