Describe the key common architectural features of New Kingdom temples


Please provide the best answer for the statement.

1. New Kingdom temples were fronted by a pylon, or massive gateway with sloping walls, which served to separate the disorderly world of everyday existence from the orderly world of the temple.
2. Behind the pylon was one or more open courtyards leading to a roofed hypostyle hall, a vast space filled with the many massive columns required to hold up the stone slabs forming the roof.
3. Behind the hypostyle hall was the sanctuary, in which the statue of the deity was placed. To proceed into the temple was to proceed out of the light of the outside world and into a darker and more spiritual space. The temple was therefore a metaphor for birth and creation.

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