Picture No | 10119941 |
Date | 1856 |
Description | MEMNON COLOSSI/EGYPT |
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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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Source | Engraving after a drawing by J L Gerome in Magasin Pittoresque 1857 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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