other temples, now destroyed, he set up the great west pylon of
Karnak, and the pylon at Kharga. Nekhtnebf built the Hathor temple and
great pylon at Philae, and the east pylon of Karnak, beside temples
elsewhere, now vanished. Religious building was continued under the
Ptolemies and Romans; and though the royal impulse may not have been
strong, yet the wealth of the land under good government supplied means
for many places to rebuild their old shrines magnificently. In the Fayum
the capital was dedicated to Queen Arsinoe, and doubtless Ptolemy
rebuilt the temple, now destroyed. At Sharona are remains of a temple of
Ptolemy I. Dendera is one of the most complete temples, giving a noble
idea of the appearance of such work anciently. The body of the temple is
of Ptolemy XIII., and was carved as late as the XVIth (Caesarion), and
the great portico was in building from Augustus to Nero. At Coptos was a
screen of the temple of Ptolemy I. (now at Oxford), and a chapel still
remains of Ptolemy XIII. Karnak was largely decorated; a granite cella
was built under Philip Arrhidaeus, covered with elaborate carving; a
great pylon was added to the temple of Khonsu by Ptolemy III.; the inner
pylon of the Ammon-temple was carved by Ptolemy VI. and IX.; and granite
doorways were added to the temples of Month and Mut by Ptolemy II. At
Luxor the entire cella was rebuilt by Alexander. At Medinet Habu the
temple of Tethmosis III. had a doorway built by Ptolemy X., and a
forecourt by Antoninus. The smaller temple was built under Ptolemy X.
and the emperors. South of Medinet Habu a small temple was built by
Hadrian and Antoninus. At Esna the great temple was rebuilt and
inscribed during a couple of centuries from Titus to Decius. At El Kab
the temple dates from Ptolemy IX. and X. The great temple of Edfu, which
has its enclosure walls and pylon complete, and is the most perfect
example remaining, was gradually built during a century and a half from
Ptolemy III. to XI. The monuments of Philae begin with the wall of
Nekhtnebf. Ptolemy II. began the great temple, and the temple of
Arhesnofer (Arsenuphis) is due to Ptolemy IV., that of Asclepius to
Ptolemy V., that of Hathor to Ptolemy VI., and the great colonnades
belong to Ptolemy XIII. and Augustus. The beautiful little riverside
temple, called the "kiosk," was built by Augustus and inscribed by
Trajan; and the latest building was the arch of Diocletian.

Farther south, in Nubia, the temples of