Example sentences for: hypostyle

How can you use “hypostyle” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Within the complex—dedicated to Hathor, her “cows head” form decorates the columns of the Hypostyle Hall — is a sanctuary where Ramses and Nefertari made offerings to the gods, and one showing the Pharaoh himself worshipping his deified wife.

  • The “Hypostyle hall” has one of the few intact stone roofs supported by columns.

  • Behind the pylon is a courtyard, followed by two hypostyle halls and a sanctuary.

  • Don’t miss the hypostyle court, with its central supports and massive roof intact, or the water cisterns carved out in the soft sandstone rock.

  • From the hall, a colonnade leads to an immense hypostyle (with columns supporting the roof) hall, decorated with double rows of papyrus columns with beautifully preserved colors, and on to the Court of Amenophis III.


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