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  • By NoodleT on December 30, 2002
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    Each carved from a single piece of stone the Colossi are 18m high and are virtually all that remains of a once great temple. They depict Amenhotep III and they once stood at the entrance to the temple as Ramses II stands before the first pylon at Luxor temple. The temple was on low ground and hence it has been destroyed by the Nile floods.
    You will come across these colossi on route from Luxor to the Valley of the Kings.

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    Colossi of Memnon: Colossi of Memnon
  • By niamey00 on February 6, 2005
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    Guardian statues to a temple complex completely gone, the colossi are a quick stop on the route to/from Hatshepsut's Temple and the Valley of the Kings

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    Colossi of Memnon: Colossi of Memnon
  • Updated By MM212 on February 4, 2008
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    Located on the western bank of the Nile, the twin Colossi of Memnon once guarded the entrance of the mortuary temple of the 18th Dynasty pharoah, Amenhotep III. They were named "Memnon" by early Greek travellers who associated them with the son of Aurora. However, the statues are of Amenhotep III (accompanied by his mother in one and his wife in another) who, like other pharaohs of the new kingdom, built his mortuary temple in the Necropolis of Thebes (around 1350 BC). The two giant statues, measuring 23 metres in height, are all that remains of the temple. Amenhotep III is best known for the construction of the Temple of Luxor on the eastern bank of the Nile. For tourists today, the impressive colossi are frequently the first stop along a journey through the mortuary temples and tombs of the western bank of Thebes.

  • Address: West Bank of Thebes

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    Colossi of Memnon: Colossi of Memnon
  • Updated By leffe3 on September 10, 2007
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    Nearly 18 metres high, faceless, somewhat the worse for wear, the Colossi, standing alone in a field beside the road to the Valley of the Kings, are an odd sight. They are all that remain of the mortuary temple of Amenophis III (approx 1400 BC).

    Named by the Greeks after Memnon, killed by Achilles outside the walls of Troy, due to the attribute that Memnon's father had been Tithonus, an Egyptian king. But more likley to be associated with Amenhotep, steward to Amenophis III.

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    Colossi of Memnon: The Memnon Statues 3
  • By viddra on June 16, 2005
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    Once it was possible to hear some sounds from 1 of the statues, but it isn't the case now.

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  • Address: Upper Egypt, Thebes
  • Directions: the west bank of Luxor
  • Website: www.touregypt.net

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    Colossi of Memnon: Colossus of Memnon
  • By pmarshuk on July 7, 2003
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    One of the first sights after you cross over to the West Bank are the Colossus Of Memnon. These 20 metre high statues are all that remains of the burial temple of Amenhotep III.

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    Colossi of Memnon: Excavating
  • By cynthia81 on November 22, 2007
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  • Sadly all that remains r these 2 statues... pls note that there's active excavation juz behind e statues n u can see it if u do a hot air balloon over it...


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    Colossi of Memnon: Colossi of Memnon
  • Updated By cheryl-b on February 18, 2005
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    The Colossi are somewhat overrated: the statues are smaller than the fallen statue of Ramses at the Ramsseum, and no longer make the 'whistling' sound that made them famous.

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    Colossi of Memnon: IN THE LAND OF GAINTS
  • By stemc on September 27, 2005
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    The Colossi of Memon are gigantic seated statues all that is left of the mortuary temple of Amenophis 111 one of the statues in ancient times use to let out a eerie sound when the morning sun fell up on him but restoration in roman times put a end to this
    (while we were here Italian archaeologist found up 700 burial tombs on the site)

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    Colossi of Memnon: Colossi of Memnon
  • Updated By haiamisa on May 7, 2006
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    The great mortuary temple of Amenophis III was one of the largest and most magnificent of all the religious structures of Egypt. Today only the two immense 'Colossi of Memnon' which stood before its entrance are left.

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  • Directions: On the Theban westbank.

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