ABSTRACT
The girdle-wall (A), nearly sixty feet high and proportionately thick, was intended as the enclosure of this temple alone, but in it is incorporated part of the enclosure wall of the XVIIIth dynasty temple. This is quite in accordance with Rameses III's usual thrifty ways, he invariably used the work or material of his predecessors, often without regard to its suitability. There is also an outer wall (B) standing thirteen feet high, with a crenellated top; and this, in combination with the pavilion, gives the effect of the defences of a fortress. The narrow entrance through the outer wall has a guard-room on either side, and again suggests a likeness to a fortress.
