If you look to your right, you'll discover a long colonnade of closed papyrus columns. Turning to the left, you can see this colonnade is repeated on either side of the Ethiopian Court. The sphinxes you see fronting the columns have been brought here from Ramses II's dromos that at one time stretched from Luxor to Karnak and lined the avenue down which the god was carried during festivals.
Pay particular attention to the last column, nearest the pylon. This column is being replaced and as you can see the work is unfinished. Because of this you can see how the columns are made using large slabs of limestone stacked into a column and then shaped, smoothed, and finished later.
Continue turning and you'll find, built against the inside of the first pylon, a small temple erected by Seti II. It's actually composed of three small chapels dedicated to the Theban Triad: the god Amun, his wife the goddess Mut, and their son the god Khonsu.
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