Photo by A. W. Cutk 



THE PAVILION OF rame:se:s III AT mii;dinet habu, plain of thkbls, as st'^N From 



THE FIRST COURT: DATE ABOUT 1200 B. C. 



Before his temple at Medinet Habu, Rameses III built a palace of sun-dried brick, which 

 has now disappeared, all that is left being the stone entrance tower usually known as the 

 Pavilion. This edifice is unique in Egyptian architecture; its three stories, flat roof, and 

 surrounding battlements suggest that it was copied from a Syrian migdoi or watch-tower, 

 and may have been built as a memorial of some campaign against the Philistines and their 

 allies. The walls of this pavilion are decorated with scenes showing the king in the privacy 

 of his harem. 



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