42/124 Thus, successive series of chambers and courts, of pylons and porticoes, were added reign after reign to the original nucleus; and--vanity or piety prompting the work--the temple continued to increase in every direction, till space or means had failed. 75 .-- South Temple of Amenhotep III. at Elephantine.] [Illustration: Fig. 76 .-- Plan of temple of Amenhotep III., at El Kab.] The most simple temples were sometimes the most beautiful. This was the case as regards the sanctuaries erected by Amenhotep III. |