MEMNON COLOSSI/EGYPT
The two massive sentinel statues of Amenhotep III stand before the entranceway to his mortuary temple. The Greeks likened the figure to Memnon, and the name has remained
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Picture No
10119941
Media ID
48899770
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving after a drawing by J L Gerome in Magasin Pittoresque 1857
Date
1856
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1856 Amenhotep Colossi Dismounting Entranceway Greeks Likened Massive Memnon Mortuary Remained Sentinel Weathered
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