Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 70
een byfar the more magnificent. On three of its sides externally wereporticoes of twelve columns each, in two rows, the same height asthe others, making the number of the external and internalcolumns the same. A good idea of the difference in proportionbetween Persian and Egyptian architecture can… … Egyptian one had 134. Fromthis it might be supposed thatthe latter are the more slender,but, so far from this being thecase, their diameter is consider-ably more than double that ofthe others. The central columnsin the hall at Karnak are prac-tically the same height as thoseof the hall of Xerxes,…
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