Triumphal processions passing along this route from Luxor to Karnak would at length reach the great court before the temple of Amon, or, by turning a little to the right after passing the temple of Maut, would arrive in front of the southern facade, near the two gilded obelisks whose splendour once rejoiced the heart of the famous Hatshopsitu. Thutmosis III. was also determined on his part to spare no expense to make the temple of his god of proportions suitable to the patron of so vast an empire. Not only did he complete those portions which his predecessors had merely sketched out, but on the south side towards Ashiru he also built a long row of pylons, now half ruined, on which he engraved, according to custom, the list of nations and cities which he had subdued in Asia and Africa. To the east of the temple he rebuilt some ancient structures, the largest of which served as a halting-place for processions, and he enclosed the whole with a stone rampart. The outline of the sacred lake, on which the mystic boats were launched on the nights of festivals, was also made more symmetrical, and its margin edged with masonry. [Illustration: 070.jpg SACRED LAKE AKD THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TEMPLE OF KARNAK.] Drawn by Boucher, from a photograph by Boato: the building near the centre of the picture is the covered walk constructed by Thutmosis III. By these alterations the harmonious proportion between the main buildings and the facade had been destroyed, and the exterior wall was now too wide for the pylon at the entrance. Amenothes III. remedied this defect by erecting in front a fourth pylon, which was loftier, larger, and in all respects more worthy to stand before the enlarged temple. Its walls were partially covered with battle-scenes, which informed all beholders of the glory of the conqueror.* * Portions of the military bas-reliefs which covered the exterior face of the pylon are still to be seen through the gaps in the wall at the end of the great Hall of Pillars built by Seti I. and Ramses II.