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Karnak: Egypt's Greatest Temple

The Ancients

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The Hype Style Hall

Hype style hall contains a total of 134 columns the vast majority 122 of them are 15 meter high closed papyrus columns so called because the top of each column resembles a closed papyrus flower. 12 gigantic 22m high columns that form the halls central colonnade are open papyrus open as their tops resemble an open papyrus flower why sometimes always sometimes closed we think this is it depends on the sunlight.

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