View looking across the Hall of Columns, Karnak

The Great Hypostyle Hall Karnak is a forest of 134 giant sandstone columns in the form of papyrus stalks. Twelve great columns in its central nave surpass 20 meters (70 ft.) in height and are capped by huge open papyrus blossom capitals. The main east-west axis of the Hypostyle Hall is dominated by a double row of 12 giant columns.