Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · London : William Heinemann · leaf 156
oducing works posi- FIG. 246.— TEMPLE OF KHONSU AT THEBES; tively Greek in their SECTION CUT THROUGH ITS GRAND AXIS (After Chipiez) (Hist, de l'Art, vol. I, p. 355). precision and elegance. There is reason to be- lieve that this peripteral form was unknown in the first Theban period, and that it… … FIG. 247. — COLOSSI IN FRONT ing, and preceded by a portico OF THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR. with four proto- Doric columns. (Phot. Beato.) Ending here, the temple was corn- plete, but Thothmes IV., the successor of Amenophis II., inter- posed, between the portico and the brick enclosing wall, a 132
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