with it in the eyes of posterity, had no resource but toadd some new building to it, which, under the circumstancessupposed, could be nothing but a mere replica of some part alreadyin existence.^ They took some element of the general plan, such At Thebes, still existing inscriptions prove this to… … voi,. I. \ V The Tilmple under the New Empire. 347 as the hypostyle hall at Karnak, and added to it over and overagain, giving rise to interesting changes in the proportion,arrangement and decoration. One of the most intelligent of the ancient travellers, namely,Strabo, attempted the work of…
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