Colonnade of the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Karnak, Thebes

Black and white stereograph slide, #T 236 from Tour of the World, vol. 5 and 6. The back of the slide includes the following text: "There are in all 132 of these columns, built of drumshaped sections and arranged in sixteen rows. It is sixty-five feet up to the top of those spreading capitals, and it would take six men with outstretched ares to span one of the sculptured shafts." The name Karnak, derived from a nearby village, refers to a large temple complex in Luxor (ancient Thebes). Karnak was the center of the cult of Am... How we learn about communities African Folk Tales African Novel Study 16 History 17 Geography 25-27 Fine Arts