Trip to Egypt, April 2005
Edfu 2:
The First Hypostyle Hall
A closeup from the entrance into the first hypostyle hall with several details; 1. Below the column head, a curved winged sun disc.
2. Your typical Greek columnheads. 3. Frieze with baboons greeting the sun. 4. Winged sundiscs on the lintels.
5. The net protecting the hypostyle hall from birds getting inside.
Inside the forest of columns, your gaze tends to...
...wander upwards...
...towards the ceiling...
(Note the blackened spots made by the smoke from Christian fires)
...as the visitors mill around the base of the mighty granite trunks.
(Isnīt it amazing that no one in the picture seems to be looking upwards!)
From the First hypostyle hall, a glance inwards through the Second hypostyle hall
towards the Naos which can be glimpsed in the background.
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