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Ramses the Great's Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak: A Forest of Pillars
This episode of Fexingo History goes deep into the construction and meaning of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, the largest single-room religious structure ever built. Lucas and Luna explore how Ramses II and his father Seti I transformed the temple precinct of Amun-Re into a stone forest of 134 towering columns, some rising 21 meters. They discuss the logistics of quarrying sandstone from Gebel el-Silsila, the symbolic layout of the hall with its raised central nave and side aisles representing the primeval marsh, and the carved reliefs that show Ramses making offerings to the gods. The…
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