Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project team members taking photos

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Contact Dr. Peter J. Brand Associate Professor of Ancient History Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology to learn how you can support the project

Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall - columns upheld a roof consisting of networks of massive stone beams called architraves

Learn about the Architecture

All of these columns upheld a roof consisting of networks of massive stone beams called architraves.

Vast and large dimensional size and splendor entry way of Great Hypostyle Hall

Covering an area large enough to accommodate the whole of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, the size and splendor of the Great Hypostyle Hall is enough to astound even the most jaded observer.

Aerial view of the Egyptian Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak remaining ruins

Aerial view of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak

Not only is the Great Hypostyle Hall the grandest of such halls (at Karnak and throughout all of Egypt), it is also the most richly decorated.

The war scenes of Seti I were copied by the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago in the 1970s. This definitive record is already invaluable since the reliefs have decayed rapidly since then.

The War Scenes of Seti I reliefs depicting Egyptians activities

Copied by the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago in the 1970s, this definitive record is already invaluable since the reliefs have decayed rapidly since then.

Six members of the Tandy Institute's epigraphic team

Check out Updated Field Reports

Since 1992 the Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project has conducted field seasons of epigraphic documentation and physical conservation of the reliefs and inscriptions from this ancient building.

The Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project

The Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project is a joint endeavor of the University of Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee (U.S.A.), and the Université de Québec à Montréal (Canada). We work in cooperation with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Centre Franco-égyptien d'études des temples de Karnak (France). For more information contact the Project Director Dr. Peter J. Brand.

	Welcome!		Field Reports
	The Project		Epigraphy
	About the Hypostyle Hall		Reliefs and Inscriptions

Our work is made possible through generous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, USA and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

National Endowment for the Humanities Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada