The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-06
THEBESs OLDEST TEMPLE.
High Artistic De, eiopment al the Eie''
cnth Dynasty In Egypt. 400 Years As'.


temple at Thebes The discoveries Of I'M"
| year have raised important unesl,"hS NJ
| regards the development or fHEP'ah d''
| and architecture.
| We have unearthed the remains OF onlio-
| ing which at present Ia unique IN It's type
| II consists OF rock platform. when was
| reached by means OF ramp. like the terraces
| of the nechborng temple Of Queen hatshepsu.
of the Eighteenth Dynasty. At the top OF
| the ramp granite doorway (ot whlch we
| threshold only remains) led TO triple row
| OF octagonal sandstone columns. The columns
| formed a double perstyle. which ran along
| the four sides Of central construction. the
nature and purpose Of which are not yet
| absolutely settled. This construction IL
rectangular block. the outside OF which was
| formed by u casing OF large limestone SLAMS.
| beautifully Joined and resembling those OF
| the facing wall OF the court discovered last
! year. Behind the casing is a wall Of rough
! and heavy nodules OF flint and the middle
! IL filed with rubbish and loose stones. SO
| that the whole was compact mass.
| What Is most probable is that it was a base
! mont or platform, with the usual Egyptian
| cavetto cornice and torus or angle bead at
| each corner (of these we have found frag-
ments,, on which was raised further con-
struction OF some kind This cannot have
been an altar or a sanctuary, as in this case We
| should have found remains Of stepway Civ
|
NAV have stood small pyramid. which gave
| to the building the appearance OF a Itinerary
! monument Of type which we often see In the
papyri This monument may have marked
the presence Of a tomb chamber at a great
| depth below in the rock, which could not be
reached from the top but only by a side pas
| sage opening some way of, OF it may have
| been merely an architectural survival, a kind
| Of atrophied pyramid retained In the design
| Of the Itinerary temple, and indicating no
tomb This supposition that a small pyramid
stood on the central erection Squares best
| with the EgyptoIogcal evidence, which de-
mands a pyramid here hut the effect OF the
| whole must have been peculiar since we have
also an absolutely unusual arrangement: the
| pyramid base was surrounded nv A triple row
| o! columns which certainly supported a CELL
! ing and formed hypostyle passa &c or colon
made, which must have been quite dark; or
nearly go like the ambulatories surrounding
the shrines in later tempesl. for the outside
dsoor",sd ny ~" sn,'trad ra,,s,a fownd
decorated WIN .he scu'p,urea tene,s i ;,a
"1 ss' asas " @ Of she s that
the ceiling corresponded TO the height Of the
platform. but the ruined state Of the temple
! does not allow us TO assert this more aehhtely'
| In any case We have here new and interest
! inp fact in Epyptian architecture
na,us.n ,ha snolns,ra uar of,hjs o,,orrode
ne'"een we an III ''''s
| W p''"os'' ''"'' WV ~ o'''" "'.N N'' S"eN
Of the platform is an outer colonnade OF
| square pillars, like those in the lower colon
nades hankins the ramp, This outer. upper
pillars themselves no longer exist. but their
,ef, nv them on Nh. navement II contains
n cemetery Of n nsculiar Kind. ,ombs esca.
Sated i in the ~ rock platform below the pave
ment. each consisting of a pit about twelve
foot to aftaan foot deem leading IN a ANAL
I
rectangular chamber in which had originally
stood limestone sarcophagus. These sar-
OF w"Sn Mere h". a
s,rcr,I IO nieccs lowered senarateiv into the
,n nT,', an 'I' mt together When the mummy
rhed; some OF them were reoccupied by
u acc beIsUs 9t ,a,ei ','mf usma' oi
tns ad for pinber Of womsn ali "e o
yhoM wore ,his ,i,Is: The 5oysi f[ayor,!e.
t1 % %nS "me sne or 90 beionSnp to
The klnss hsrein: al at she same tune they Mere
at'aSneu n ", vi tbne p ~, san LIZ souuese
o sne p'dtf ha tomhs sme shrines dedicotsd
ness NC s the on Of the celonnad.
SCULPTURE showing the remarkable develop.
ment Of ar, under me Esys r psnast
IN ne resf in ssro Us Scenes srs ssinS
81 iatnoI are aiSo ns .n, ~ Is worm
o. Ic,nara 'nae ~ r.. s ,o. MSS pia at ~,
n nnSdas -, -, rSos seryce The fnwar,tas ~
gnnaeSs 70 wn99e 1871, ns i a ~
Men'Seosp nsu petn net y, ta uIrnS t,Ss
an Wo h pIrrs ~ hnrned the othsr Isnnea
one p.o%n una "o'"eu' 'ne o'"Nr "app'e"
ahE or nI }hnss nriesosses were rads tho lima.
.n ss nsaopth - 81 n'n,i"nJ nrnw. ~ rhinh
st hnn rc TonS intan, nne ~ S. hich
nm,se me[s ' i" .sa ana e n u. nst
vas , ifauie m h1t nnt nut nr;shoS
spNs II u sWdent that u color r WAS ntsnded
for oe wS aoe !, W was ' made kaat by name ia
seen IN ,he va h, h on f t ~ 1h ths
Mnat "as 70 os hit me ~ we otne r
! World p' nti,x ~ are dr"asn ha n ~ NIL
M inserts hoirnn into tho eoiynro a
artstlcas i iisea - a 20 Pm har nv 80 dne .
pr!ee6 ,.', IN 90 w" W, i've rh;s u 4; &C. ths
at H,1 We ,;v i6no enniv scuinturaj
ani a nha. ish from, tho shr;n ~ p",br
ana ooaorem SAP i14 inc rast o. a nUvsr
princess. nallea sam pres. oT c9uItler
sawiSs "a oer for thy rhost,"1 This ia The
s sst ~ pthat sarcnnhaHms ba, hasn fonnd
rsi une Ihat All, ssrsopaa ~ IKE na' psen ioTnn
scuint ir MN i n,onm nn,9 .h am
osamtlui ahu u' nv e;dTia .he mes
OF ,d us nrnba hIv the fnest relic VET foppd ~
anu Hloa'h n Nc nnw !n' ~ u' ~; %
lie fieNeh'" w nasty 10 'oN 'n LILO Na"o