Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday lifted an ancient granite temple pylon out of the waters of the Mediterranean, where it had lain for centuries as part of the palace complex of Cleopatra ...

Unique in Egyptian temple architecture is a second door on the façade of the pylon, which leads to a previously unknown staircase that ascended at least four flights to the upper floor, which has ...

Ancient Egypt breakthrough as experts make 2,150-year-old perfectly-preserved discovery ... The pylon dates back to the Ptolemaic period in Egypt, which lasted between 305 BCE and 30 BCE.

The pylon is thought to hide the entrance to a hidden temple. Pictured is the northern tower of the pylon at the ancient Egyptian archaeological site of Athribis. Marcus Müller/Athribis Project ...

Electricity pylons, ... It also won the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award. ... and closer to the true sense of a pylon - an Egyptian gateway to the sun. ...

Designed by English architect George Coles in 1930, the Carlton Cinema features an Egyptian 'pylon' temple and is decorated with Egyptian iconography. It stopped being a cinema in 1972, and was ...

It’s four stories tall with sloping sides that recall ancient Egyptian pylons and pyramids. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places. Obelisks rise from a rooftop built to hold mass ...

Unique in Egyptian temple architecture is a second door on the façade of the pylon, which leads to a previously unknown staircase that ascended at least four flights to the upper floor, which has ...