Painting under the architrave in the Hypostyle Hall in the Karnak temple

The Hypostyle Hall inside the Karnak temple in Luxor is a magnificent place. Imagine a giant hall, covering an area of 50,000 square feet with large pillars (and a total of 134 such pillars, each pillar covered with a lot of carvings). Now imagine that this was built around 35 centuries back, and you will be left with a sense of wonder.
The architraves covering the pillars have mostly fallen down, except for a few cases such as this one, where the architrave remains in place (or was put back during the restoration process). You can even see the paintings on the underside of the structure (and these were visible very clearly).

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