commonly had an open pronaos, usually with only columns and no walls, and the pronaos could be as long as the cella. The word pronaos (πρόναος) is Greek...

building has a pronaos, a cella housing cult images at the centre of the structure, and an opisthodomos. The alignment of the antae of the pronaos with the...

metopes; also perfectly preserved are the tympani. The cella, preceded by a pronaos, is accessed by a single step; also existing are the pylons with the stairs...

zodiac) is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos (or portico) of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera...

design. The temple consists of three sections: the pronaos, the antechamber, and the sanctuary. The pronaos or porch is the front of the temple. It includes...

of the floor plan Pronaos Naos or Cella Adyton (exceptional) Opisthodomos (sometimes omitted) Opisthodomos + Adyton + Naos + Pronaos These components allowed...

was a pronaos in antis, a naos with an adyton and an opisthodomos in antis, separate from the naos. The naos was a step higher than the pronaos and the...

Plan of the Temple of Hera. (A: Peristyle; B: Pronaos; C: Naos; D: Opisthodomos; E: Base of Statue of Hermes)....

gabled pronaos supported by ten columns, a shallow rectangular intermediate block and behind it the domed main building. Giesler notes that the pronaos of...

because the building they describe, "a single building composed of a huge pronaos and a circular cella of the same diameter, linked by a relatively narrow...