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The Illumination of the Temples. 16; was in place it was seen, no doubt, that the claustra did not of themselves orive enough lio;ht for the husfe chamber, and these Fig. 158. — Method of lighting in one of the inner halls of Kamak, Compiled from the plans and elevations of the Description. narrou- openings were laboriously cut in its ceiling. One of the inner chambers of the Temple of Khons is feebly lighted by vertical holes cut through the slabs of the roof (Fig. 160). Similar j?^--ux,i' Fig. 159. — Auxiliary light-holes in the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. De- scription, iii. 26. K Fk;. 160. — Method of lighting one of the rooms in the Temple of Khons. Description, iii. 55. Openings are to be seen in the lateral aisles of the hypostyle hall in the Ramesseum. The slight upward projection which surrounds