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2012, The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine & S.R. Hübner, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, p. 4425-4426
The Colossi of Memnon are two monumental statues standing in front of the now-destroyed mortuary temple of Amenhotep III, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes. The northern Colossus, a seated figure of Amenhotep III in red quartzite, became a tourist attraction known as the “vocal statue of Memnon.” It started “singing” after an earthquake left cracks in the statue...
Classical Philology
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Egyptian Museum Collections around the World. vol. 1
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Servant of Mut: Studies in honor of Richard A. Fazzini
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Pharaoh in Canaan, The Untold Story
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Göttinger Miszellen
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Bulletin of Memnonia
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