'Open Sesame': A look at the Scottish Rites' House of the Temple

Tue, 2 Feb 2021 13:09:28 GMT

Mammoth sphinxes guard the House of the Temple of the Scottish Rite, a formidable neo-Classical building in the heart of Washington, D.C. Inside, Egyptian hieroglyphics adorn a soaring atrium. The building's nine-foot-thick walls hold human remains. Bronze coiling snakes flank a large