The Colossi of Memnon (Arabic: el-Colossat or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the...
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transported the slain Memnon's dead body back to Aethiopia, and also asked Zeus to make Memnon immortal, a wish he granted. The Colossi of Memnon are two massive...
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racehorse Memnon (novel) by Scott Oden, based on Memnon of Rhodes Memnon, the main villain in the film The Scorpion King 2895 Memnon, an asteroid Colossi of Memnon...
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branch of the Nile on the west side of the Nile Valley. It ran approximately south–north with the Colossi of Memnon placed on the west bank of the river...
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Amenhotep III (category Pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt)
construction projects. All that remained standing was the gateway with the Colossi of Memnon — two massive stone statues depicting Amenhotep,18 m (59 ft) high...
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Frank Asaro (category UC Berkeley College of Chemistry alumni)
archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean.: 15–16 In 1973, Asaro and his colleagues embarked on a study of the Colossi of Memnon, two statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep...
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desert, passing the Colossi of Memnon and the Sphinx. As he addresses the Sphinx, believing it to be the Bøyg, he encounters the keeper of the local madhouse...
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Upper and Lower Egypt (redirect from Unification of Egypt)
of Amenhotep III, Seti I and Ramesses III. The latter two may be copies of the first one. The river god Hapi uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. Colossi of...
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Karnak (redirect from Temple of Karnak)
monuments in Upper Egypt and Nubia, including Karnak, Luxor temple, the Colossi of Memnon, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and others. In 323 AD, Roman emperor...
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