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Colossi of Memnon at Thebes, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Colossi of Memnon at Thebes, Egypt, 1898. The Colossi at Thebes are Ancient Egyptian monumental statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned Egypt during the Dynasty XVIII. Die Memnon-Kolosse bei Theben'. From "Rund um die Erde", by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Berlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]

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Colossal statue of Thoth, Hermopolis Magna, Egypt, c1370 BC. Artist: Werner Forman

Colossal statue of Thoth, Hermopolis Magna, Egypt, c1370 BC. One of the colossal statues of the god Thoth, in his baboon aspect, at Hermopolis Magna. Hermopolis was the capital of the 15th Upper Egyptian nome and was dedicated to the cult of Thoth. During Ptolemaic times the Greek god Hermes took the attributes of Thoth, hence the name Hermopolis (city of Hermes). The statue dates from the reign of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III

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Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt, 1852

Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt, 1852. One of a pair of 70ft/21m stone statues of Amenhotep III (Amenophis III) that stood in front of his mortuary temple that is now destroyed. From the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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