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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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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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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of Amenhotep III were associated with Memnon in classical times, and are still known as the Colossi of Memnon. The British Museum sculpture and its pair...
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six colossi of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), there are no longer complete remains, so the heights are based on unconfirmed estimates. Remains of the...
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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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