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Photos of this most visited site on the west bank of the River Nile at Luxor -popular coach stopover for photo shoot.
Colossi Memnon Luxor EG075303jhp Colossi Memnon statues seated sunset silhouettes Amenhotep Egyptian Luxor mortuary temple that are the most famous remains of his mortuary temple on the northern side of the approach road for the Valley of the Kings, Queens and all the other main West Bank sites. It is the visitor’s first site of major impact, not far from the main ticket office but is usually visited as a photo opportunity on leaving - recent excavations of the site are finding many hidden buildings and artefacts as well as defining the whole of the remains of the temple complex. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, West, Bank, Thebes, Theban, hills, fields, River, Nile, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Amenhotep, Amenophis, Pharaoh, Tiye, Queen, Mother, mortuary, temple, Colossi, Memnon, seated, statues, side, panels, Union, Upper, Lower, earthquake, damaged, repairs, Severus, sunset, glow, roadside, coachstop, excavations
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Colossi of Memnon
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Colossi Memnon Luxor EG075303jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 14:45:20
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Colossi Memnon statues seated sunset silhouettes Amenhotep Egyptian Luxor mortuary

temple that are the most famous remains of his mortuary temple on the northern side of the approach road for the Valley of the Kings, Queens and all the other main West Bank sites. It is the visitor’s first site of major impact, not far from the main ticket office but is usually visited as a photo opportunity on leaving - recent excavations of the site are finding many hidden buildings and artefacts as well as defining the whole of the remains of the temple complex.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, West, Bank, Thebes, Theban, hills, fields, River, Nile, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Amenhotep, Amenophis, Pharaoh, Tiye, Queen, Mother, mortuary, temple, Colossi, Memnon, seated, statues, side, panels, Union, Upper, Lower, earthquake, damaged, repairs, Severus, sunset, glow, roadside, coachstop, excavations