The pyramids and temples of Ancient Egypt
serve two different
purposes:
Pyramids
to house the spirit of
a deceased king and
Temples, to honour different Gods. The design
of each temple serves
a diverse purpose, for
example, the temple of
Komombo - whilst honouring the two Gods,
Hathour and Sobek with
huge pillars and murals
- a birthing chamber
is also located to the
north of the temple, to
honour the god of fertility, Meen. Architectural
features of “late period
temples” can be seen in
the temple of Hathour,
as it displays the Pure
chapel and open court in
front of the inner sanctum. This court, is where
many divine statuettes
were anointed, clothed
and ornamented to prepare them for the festival of unification with
the solar disk. Many of
the rooms within this
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temple were often open
to the sky and intended
for the cult worship of
the sun god. The prehistoric blue prints of
each temple were carefully designed to access
all spiritual and aesthetically impressive
elements of Egyptian
life, and in doing so,
successfully created a
shrine of culture which
has been admired for
thousands of years.
Throughout the world,