Temple of Amon, Luxor

"[P]art apparition from the past, part record of the present" aptly describes John Beasly Greene's desolate view of the ruins of the Temple of Amon at Thebes, Egypt, built by King Amenhotep III, who reigned from 1390 to 1353 B.C. At the left a solitary palm tree encroaches into the space, leaning toward the remains of the once majestic colonnade of fourteen fifty-two-foot-high pillars with papyrus capitals. On the right are the remains of the large peristyle court. Greene has photographed the ruins from a great distance, making them appear rather small.