¹⁶ The three walls in the guardrooms had small windows in them, just like the ones in the entrance room.^[a] The walls along the passageway were decorated with carvings of palm trees.

The Outer Courtyard

¹⁷ The man then led me through the passageway and into the outer courtyard of the temple, where I saw 30 rooms built around the outside of the courtyard.^[b] These side rooms were built against the outer wall, and in front of them was a sidewalk that circled the courtyard. ¹⁸ This was known as the lower sidewalk, and it was 25 meters wide.