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Example sentences for: pylon

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The outer pylon is majestic.
From the ticket office you enter the temple complex through a colossal pylon, one of the most recent structures at the site and the largest constructed anywhere in Egypt during the Ptolemaic period.
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 second inner pylon shows Ptolemy XIII paying homage to Isis who is flanked by her husband Osiris and Horus.
Behind the pylon is a courtyard, followed by two hypostyle halls and a sanctuary.