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Column, Temple of Buhen, National Museum of Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan, North-east Africa

The ground plan is a squared spiral, characteristic of the monuments built by Senenmut. This type of ground plan is called peripteral, and later became very widespread in Greece (in the Parthenon and every important Hellenistic sanctuary).

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Uploaded on January 21, 2020
Taken on December 20, 2019