Luxor
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two monumental seated statues of Amenhotep III that once stood before his vast memorial temple. They are useful not as an isolated photo stop, but as evidence for the scale of a largely lost royal complex.
The Colossi of Memnon are two monumental seated statues of Amenhotep III that once stood before his vast memorial temple. They are useful not as an isolated photo stop, but as evidence for the scale of a largely lost royal complex.
The Colossi of Memnon are two monumental seated statues of Amenhotep III that once stood before his vast memorial temple. They are useful not as an isolated photo stop, but as evidence for the scale of a largely lost royal complex.
A closer look
Three details that change the way you see it.
The statues as the surviving entrance markers of a much larger complex.
The floodplain setting of Amenhotep III’s memorial temple.
How fragments and archaeology reconstruct a monument that is mostly lost.
Planning the visit
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