Example sentences for: pylon

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

  • The back walls of the pylon have scenes of the yearly meetings of Horus and his consort Hathor, who traveled on a sacred barque (slender boat) from her temple at Denderah for the reunion on the Nile.

  • A third pylon leads on to the oldest parts of the temple, past obelisks added at the behest of Pharaoh Seti I and Queen Hatshepsut in the New Kingdom era.

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

  • A second smaller pylon, fronted by statues of Ramses II shields Karnak Temples greatest architectural masterpiece — the Great Hypostyle Hall.

  • The outer pylon is majestic.


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