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Show v .-t V1 - I s : - S' 7U 1 J 1 II '4N 1! , i ' - - -y,. - MILLENNIUMS OF RECONSTRUCTION . . . This is the avenue of ram-headed sphinxes at Karnak, Egypt. From ancient times repairs and reconstruction have been going on at Karnak. But despite the destruction de-struction of the centuries there is no other building in the world that can match the Temple of Amon at Karnak. The majestic edifices have been injured and rebuilt during the course of the ages. Construction probably began with the era of the Pyramids, 5,000 years ago, and continued for almost 3,000 years. At the turn of the last century the flood of the Nile weakened the ground on which the Temple of Amon stands, and in 1899 many of the columns of the great Hall of Columns, one of the wonders of the world, fell. |