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Definition of Pylons
1. pylon [n] - See also: pylon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pylons
Literary usage of Pylons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monuments of Upper Egypt: A Translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute by Auguste Mariette, Lysander Dickerman (1890)
"The Four pylons to the South. — These are all more or less in ruins. Judging by
the position they occupy in the general plan of Karnak, they were evidently ..."
2. The Monuments of Upper Egypt: A Translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute by Auguste Mariette (1877)
"There is no canal connecting this lake with the Nile, its waters maintaining
their level by gradual infiltration alone. The Four pylons to the South. ..."
3. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"It is entered by a gateway 50 feet in height between two immense truncated pylons
115 feet high, the wh surface being covered with sculptures and ..."
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