E.012 Valley Temple of Khafre

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1963

Image ID

E.012

Alternate Identifier

B05.012

Subcollection

E - Lower Egypt, Edfu, and Bodrum

Abstract

Hypostyle hall in the Valley Temple of Khafre, situated next to the colossal Sphinx (see E.011).

Description

The hall "comprised a long antechapel of two aisles plus a triple-aisled main chapel. The structural details of this interior formed the purest of all megalithic architecture. In the Great Hall, square pillars 15 feet high supported lintels of red granite. Colossal statues of Khafre stood between each pair of pillars, illuminated by the light that filtered through the slits incorporated in the thick roof" (60).

References

Trachtenberg and Hyman, Architecture, from prehistory to post-modernism: the western tradition, 1986.

Image Notes

Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.05.012. Notes written on the slide or index: Giza.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Giza, Egypt