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	Colossi of Memnon - Luxor, Egypt
		The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep's memorial temple (or mortuary temple): a massive cult centre built during the pharaoh's lifetime, where he was worshipped as a god-on-earth both before and after his departure from this world.
		The legend of the "Vocal Memnon", the luck that hearing it was reputed to bring, and the reputation of the statue's oracular powers, travelled the length of the known world, and a constant stream of visitors, including several Roman Emperors, came to marvel at the statues.
		Whether associating the Colossi with his name was just whimsy or wishful thinking on the part of the Greeks – they generally referred to the entire Theban Necropolis as the "Memnonium" – the name has remained in common use for the past 2000 years.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /egypt/luxor-colossi-of-memnon.htm (780 words)

	Colossi of Menmon
		The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep's memorial temple (or mortuary temple): a massive cult centre built during the pharaoh's lifetime, where he was worshipped as a god-on-earth both before and after his departure from this world.
		The legend of the "Vocal Memnon", the luck that hearing it was reputed to bring, and the reputation of the statue's oracular powers, travelled the length of the known world, and a constant stream of visitors, including several Roman Emperors, came to marvel at the statues.
		Whether associating the Colossi with his name was whimsy or wishful thinking on the part of the Greeks – they generally referred to the entire Theban Necropolis as the "Memnonium" – the name has remained in common use for the past 2000 years.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Africa/Egypt/momuments/colossiofmenmon.html (452 words)

	Luxor: Colossi of Memnon
		The sound was Memnon greeting his mother Eos, who responded by weeping over the tragic death of her son.
		The colossi became an enormous attraction in antiquity, attracting tourists from all around the Mediterranean Sea.
		Fascinated by Memnon, the Roman emperor Septimus Severus wanted in 199 CE to fix the statues from their old injuries.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/luxor23.htm (318 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Travel \| The leaning colossi of Thebes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sadly weathered by time, their faces damaged by shot from the soldiers of Napoleon's army who used them for target practice, the Colossi of Memnon are two gigantic seated statues which once guarded the entrance of the huge mortuary temple of Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt from 1386 to 1349 BC.
		In 1989 it was observed that the colossi were tilting markedly to the south, and an archaeological survey was rapidly carried out in collaboration with the Faculty of Geology of Cairo University to assess how serious the situation was.
		Memnon had slain Antilochus during the Trojan War, and had himself finally fallen at the hands of Achilles, so when the northern statue was split by an earthquake in 27 AD and began emitting a musical note at sunrise, Roman visitors explained it as Memnon greeting his mother Aurora.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2001/525/tr2.htm (2101 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Memnon
		Memnon MEMNON [Memnon], in Greek mythology, king of Ethiopia, son of Tithonus and Eos.
		Memnon was supposed to have lived in Egypt, and the
		Egypt's ancient wonders: from Alexandria to Abu Simbel, Cairo to the Colossi of Memnon, the Great Pyramid to the Temples of Philae--ever since the camera was invented, people have taken photographs of the splendours of Egypt: Charlie Furniss presents some of the earliest examples from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society.(Geographical Archive)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Memnon (329 words)

	Colossi of Memnon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Covering a total of 35 ha, even later rivals such as Ramesses II's Ramesseum or Ramesses III's Medinet Habu were unable to match it in area; even the Temple of Karnak, as it stood in Amenhotep's time, was smaller.
		The Greek historian and geographer Strabo, writing in the early years of the 1st century, tells of an earthquake (in 27 BC) that shattered the northern colossus, collapsing it from the waist up.
		Following its rupture, this statue was then reputed to "sing" every morning at dawn: a light moaning or whistling, probably caused by rising temperatures and the evaporation of dew inside the porous rock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colossi_of_Memnon (552 words)

	Colossi of Memnon
		The famous Colossi of Memnon are all that remains of the burial temple of amon-Ofis III and whose magnificence is recorded in a stele found by the archaeologist Petrie.
		These statues, which must have stood to the sides of the entrance to the temple, are 20 meters high; their feet alone measure 2 metres in length and 1 meter in width.
		According to them, the "stone that sings" represent Memnon, the mythical son of Aurora and Tithonus, the king of Egypt and Ethiopia.
	www.a-1hotels.com /eg/history/html/colossi_of__memnon.html (518 words)

	Egypt and the Nile: Colossi of Memnon
		The statues are known by the locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat, but known throughout the rest of the world as the Colossi of Memnon.
		The Colossi themselves have suffered badly over the years to a state where their faces are hardly distinguishable.
		Not only mother nature is responsible for this, look closely and you will see places where visitors throughout the centuries have carved their names and other things into the surface of the statues.
	www.egypt-nile.co.uk /colossi_of_memnon.htm (448 words)

	Luxor - Colossi Of Memnon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The colossi were a great tourist attraction of Egypt during the Graeco-Roman times and the Greeks believed they were actually statues of the legendary Memnon, a king of Ethiopia and son of dawn-goddess Eos.
		Soaring 18m high, the pair of enthroned statues are all that remain of the temple of the hedonistic Amenophis III.
		The two faceless colossi, despite the ravages of time, are an impressive sight.
	home.comcast.net /~malinikaushik/Luxor_ColossiOfMemnon.htm (126 words)

	Colossi of Memnon
		Two enormous statues of Amenhotep III are at the approach to the necropolis of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.
		The colossi used to stand before the first pylon of the mortuary temple of Amenotep which may have stretched a quarter of a mile back towards the mountain.
		The colossi themselves weigh over 800 tons and are 60 feet high each.
	library.thinkquest.org /J002657/colossi.html (74 words)

	The Colossi Of Memnon
		Perhaps the most imposing monument on the West Bank at Luxor are the famous 'Colossi of Memnon'.
		The Memnon legend was attached to the northern of the two statues by the Greeks.
		The Memnon are frequently described as being the last remnants of the temple, but almost as interesting are the hundreds of inscribed masonry blocks and pieces of statues which litter the site, many of which would take pride of place in any collection in the world.
	www.akhet.co.uk /memnon.htm (324 words)

	Colossi of Memnon -ancient tourist attraction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The greek travellers renamed these statues of Amenhotep III with Memnon, son of Aurora who's mother Eos was the goddess of dawn.
		The Colossi of Memnon were the first things I saw in Egypt.
		Ramose was the Mayor of Thebes and Vizier of Upper Egypt during the later part of the reign of Amenhotep III and the early part of the reign of Amenhotep IV, who later became Akhenaten.
	www.healthypages.net /forum/tm.asp?m=7521 (2310 words)

	An Ancient Tourist Business
		The Colossi of Memnon were a tourist attraction as early as 2000 years ago, during the Greek and Roman era.
		The Greeks believed the statues represented Memnon, an Ethiopian king, who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
		They were convinced that Memnon sang for his beloved mother Eos, who on her part wept for her fallen son.
	www.arvendalstudios.com /egypt/html/temple5.htm (159 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Profile \| Hourig Sourouzian: Resurrection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Colossi of Memnon, two lonely sentinels, have greeted visitors to the Theban necropolis since Roman times.
		The ruin was subsequently obscured -- all, that is, but for the seated colossi, solitary relics of the Pharaoh's Golden Era -- and, a quarter of a mile to the rear, a sandstone stelae inscribed with a dedicatory text.
		In 1989 it was feared that the Colossi of Memnon were tilting markedly to the south; and the following year, at the request of the SCA, a photogrammatic survey of the seated statues was carried by R Stadelmann, then director of the German Archaeological Institute.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/768/profile.htm (1421 words)

	The Temple Of Columns In The Hypostyle Hall., Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Luxor: Charles Bray took this picture of “The Colossi of Memnon Solitary Guards.” The Colossi of Memnon at the west bank are the remains of the temple of the king Amenotis III, once the largest temple of Thebe.
		The massive Colossi of Memnon, made of yellow-brown sandstone are 17,9M high.
		The Colossi of Memnon nowadays stand solitary as guardians for the necropolis at the edge of the desert.
	www.mylivingtree.com /Bray?169132 (1481 words)

	Colossi of Memnon- Luxor, Egypt - VirtualTourist.com
		The Colossi are somewhat overrated: the statues are smaller than the fallen statue of Ramses at the Ramsseum, and no longer make the 'whistling' sound that made them famous.
		The Colossi of Memnon once stood at the entrance to a great temple that by the time the Greeks and Romans arrived as tourists was already in ruins.
		Colossi of Memnon: IN THE LAND OF GAINTS
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Egypt/Muhafazat_Qina/Luxor-2008656/Things_To_Do-Luxor-Colossi_of_Memnon-BR-4.html (548 words)

	Colossi of Memnon travel guide
		This massive pair of statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon, rise 18 metres from the plain.
		These faceless, enthroned statues are all that remain of a huge funerary temple complex built in the second half of the 14th century BC by Amenhotep III.
		Unfortunately, being on the flood plain of the Nile, most other traces of the temple have been eroded away over the centuries by the frequent floodwaters of the great river.
	www.world66.com /africa/egypt/colossiofmemnon (133 words)

	Valley of the Kings
		The first ancient ruin we encountered was that of the Colossi of Memnon, two giant statues situated on the plain between Thebes and the Valley of the Kings.
		The Colossi of Memnon are known for emitting sounds and a number of legends offer reasons for this.
		But modern day science has found that the sounds are due to vibrations of the broken surface caused by the rapid changes in temperature as the Sun rises.
	www.anniebees.com /Egypt/Valley_1.htm (395 words)

	The Colossi of Memnon
		The two colossi are made of sandstone, which during ancient times was brought from Gabal El Silselah.
		Each colossus, including the pedestal and the crown, is about 21m tall and represents King Amenhotep III seating on his throne, wearing the Nemes, or royal headdress, with the divine cobra protecting his forehead.
		On the sides of the colossi there is a representation of the Nile god Hapi, bending together the lotus and the papyrus plants, symbolizing the union of Upper and Lower Egypt.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /memnon.html (330 words)

	Egyptian Holiday : Colossi of Memnon
		Furthermore the sounds led the early Greek travellers to assume that the statues were King Memnon, the son of Aurora (Eos); the goddess of dawn.
		The Greeks believed that the tones were Memnon greeting his mother (as in the legend) and that the grant of a song meant that the statues were very much in favour of the gods.
		Unfortunately the Roman emperor SeptimiusSeverus, attempted to repair the statues in 199 AD and inadvertently took away the music, silencing the statues for ever more.
	www.egyptianholiday.net /colossi.htm (466 words)

	Detail Page
		The statues stand 65 feet high, including their bases, and depict the ruler in a seated position, allowing his figure to dominate the landscape.
		The Greeks, coming upon them in later eras, decided that the statues honored their hero, Memnon, who fought at Troy, and named them accordingly.
		In the past the northernmost statue was said to have made musical sounds at dawn, amazing visitors and bringing it world fame.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=EGY0195 (113 words)

	Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Memnon Colossus - VIRTOURIST.COM LUXOR
		32/50.- Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Memnon colossi
		in Greek times, when they decided that the colossi represented their hero, Memnon.
		Egyptians thought this sound came from the gods, and Greeks thought it was Memnon's voice.
	www.virtourist.com /africa/luxor/32.htm (122 words)

	Colossi Of Memnom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Memnon is the Greek form of the name of Amenhotep III.
		These two quartzite statues represent the king seated upon his throne (which bears the symbols of the Upper and Lower Nile) They have not always stood where they are today.
		When Septimus Severus had the torso repaired it quit "singing".
	www.delange.org /Colossi_Memnon/EP20.htm (132 words)

	Pharaohs
		, king of Egypt (1386-1349 BC), of the 18th Dynasty, builder of extensive architectural works, including portions of the temple of Luxor and the so-called Colossi of Memnon.
		Amenhotep III, king of Egypt (1386-1349 BC), of the 18th Dynasty, builder of extensive architectural works, including portions of the temple of Luxor and the so-called Colossi of Memnon.
		Peace was brought to Egypt during his reign as the worship of Amon, abandoned under Akhenaton, was restored and Thebes, the sacred city of Amon, was again made Egypt's capital.
	www.nileriver.com /nile/nileinfo/pharaohs.htm (376 words)

	Noreen Doyle's Photo Gallery - Amarna Tour - West Bank of Thebes
		They were known to the Greeks as the colossi of Memnon.
		In Greek mythology, King Memnon of Ethiopia was the son of Eos, goddess of the dawn, thus it was thought that each morning he greeted his mother.
		He appears in Homer's account of the Trojan War, during which he was killed by Achilles.
	members.aol.com /wenamun/kvwv.html (365 words)

	Thebes: Colossi of Memnon
		The thrones of both statues depict two Nile gods winding the papyrus and lotus, symbols of Lower and Upper Egypt, around the hieroglyph for "unite." This is a common motif; see, for example, the thrones for the figures at the Temple of Ramses at Abu Simbel.
		After an earthquake damaged it, this statue emitted strange sounds in the morning, perhaps due to the heat of the sun, or the humidity of the night.
		"The ancient Greeks looked for an explanation in the legendary story by Homer about Memnon, the son of Eos (Aurora) and Titon, who was killed by Achilles and reappeared in Thebes as a statue, and every morning lamented at the sight of his mother rising in the skies" (Siliotti 122).
	www.bluffton.edu /%7ESullivanm/egypt/thebes/colossi/colossi.html (354 words)

	Egyptian Journey 2003: Photos: Luxor: Colossi of Memnon
		Egyptian Journey 2003: Photos: Luxor: Colossi of Memnon
		It was the Greeks who associated them with Memnon, son of the Goddess of the Dawn.
		The northern statue cracked in an earthquake in 27 BCE and afterwards, it "sang" each morning at sunrise -- to be granted a song meant that you had found favor with the gods.
	www.phouka.com /pharaoh/egypt/photos/luxor/colossi-01.html (230 words)

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