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Hypostyle facts for kids

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Cyark Ramesseum Hypostyle
Contour Image of Thebes' Ramesseum Hypostyle Hall, Egypt, cut from a Laser Scan.

In architecture, a hypostyle hall has a flat ceiling supported by columns.

Images for kids

  • Temple de Louxor 53

    Central columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Karnak, Egypt

  • Great Mosque of Kairouan, prayer hall

    Hypostyle prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, in Tunisia.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sala hipóstila para niños

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