Before heading to popular attractions like the Valley of the Kings and the Temple of Hatshepsut, stop at the Colossi of Memnon. This pair of statues, which stand about 59 feet tall and depict King ...

An enormous temple once rose behind the Colossi of Memnon. The quake caused cracks to develop in the Colossi, which ever after began "singing" when the sun rose. This led the Greeks to deem them ...

(The 50-foot-tall Colossi of Memnon, below left, face the Nile.) The temple (an artist's conception, above; the dotted line indicates the present excavation) had at least three main gates ...

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