Between these obelisks and the propylon are two colossal statues, also of red granite; though buried in the ground to the chest, they still measure twenty-one and twenty-two feet from thence to the top of their mitres.
The propylon stands on the edge of the soil; but the area cultivable, or space for the dromos behind it, is floored by the solid rock, on which the rest of the temple is erected.
To the north are other remains, with a handsome propylonof Ptolemaic date, and an avenue of sphinxes.
The mosque itself consists of a central square hall covered by a lofty dome of the whole width of it, in front of which stands the great propylon or gate, of massive outline and rising to the full height of the central dome.
This propylon had a large recessed arch between the two piers, in the lower portion of which was the entrance to the mosque, whilst the upper formed a pierced screen.
From the lofty west wing of the propylon of the gate of this island-palace of the Pharaohs, I command not only a prospect of the fleet, but of the plain of the pyramids outside of Memphis.
A noble square surrounds the obelisk, and on its west side is the propylonof Memphis.
The thickness of the whole mass and its double cornice, between which the covered way on the top of the walls could be carried, are features which we also encounter in the propylon of Denderah and in that of the temple at Daybod in Nubia.
Judging from the scenes and inscriptions which accompany it, Champollion thought this represented a propylon at the Ramesseum.
The propylon towers are massive, and rise to a height of nearly sixty feet above their base, affording a fine view of the island and its surroundings.
Only since 1864 has it been visible; up to that time it was covered by rubbish and the houses of the modern village so that only the propylon tombs were visible.
Do you know, too, that my ignorance is such that I had to look in the dictionary to find out what plectrum and propylon meant.
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