Monday, August 21, 2023

Colossi of Memnon

All that remains of the funerary Temple of Amenhotep III are these two colossal statues. They were so named because during the Graeco-Roman times the Greeks believed they were the statues of the legendary Memnon.


November 2007



Still as beautiful today



18 m tall





Nothing remains of the temple




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