Giant statues of Memnon: Colossi of Memnon
Egypt, based on 5000 year history, hieroglyphs, pyramids, mummies, legends, temples, especially in the Nile Delta to the reign of the pharaohs who collected nearly historic monuments and an open-air museum.
The world's largest open-air museum accepted Luxor in Colossi of Memnon, the 18th and the 20th Dynasty during the New Kingdom of the Pharaohs and powerful nobles built for graves that Valley of the Kings is located. Statues of Memnon, was one of the reasons to go to Luxor from Hurghada.
Unfortunately, very few have survived to a division II. Amenhotep's funerary temple guardian of these sculptures, the richest country in the history of Egypt is one of today's most important reflections. II. Amenhotep; countries of the prominent figures of culture, Ramses, Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Tutankhamun someone so famous.
675 km away from Luxor, Cairo extracted from a quarry near the giant twin statues made of quartzite, sandstone blocks, exactly 3,400 years old. 18-meter-high statue of Memnon, which looks towards the Nile River ııı.amenhotep hand, depicted in a sitting position in the directory. On the western shore of the Nile, this sculpture is said to be weighing 720 tons each. Some parts of the north in the direction of the statue fell during an earthquake in 27 BC.
III. Amenhotep (Amenhotep) reign era of ancient Egypt, then to Egypt on an unprecedented high level of prosperity and cultural and artistic splendor access and at this stage of Egypt's art power and international political power peak had reached.
Statues of Memnon, the Roman period was one of the popular destinations. Many famous Romans and the other passengers, wrote poems about the great statues and stones have been describing them on.
Memnon statues, some days past, a voice resembling rises at dawn to the sound of the harp because "Singing Memnon" is also known by the name. Some theories, it is because of the wind sounds echoing through the cracks; others to the effect of hot daytime heat of the stones, the natural contraction in the cool of the evening is connected.
Unfortunately Septemius Roman Emperor Severus (AD 193-212) that occur during the restoration and the sound vanished forever.
The world's largest open-air museum accepted Luxor in Colossi of Memnon, the 18th and the 20th Dynasty during the New Kingdom of the Pharaohs and powerful nobles built for graves that Valley of the Kings is located. Statues of Memnon, was one of the reasons to go to Luxor from Hurghada.
Unfortunately, very few have survived to a division II. Amenhotep's funerary temple guardian of these sculptures, the richest country in the history of Egypt is one of today's most important reflections. II. Amenhotep; countries of the prominent figures of culture, Ramses, Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Tutankhamun someone so famous.
675 km away from Luxor, Cairo extracted from a quarry near the giant twin statues made of quartzite, sandstone blocks, exactly 3,400 years old. 18-meter-high statue of Memnon, which looks towards the Nile River ııı.amenhotep hand, depicted in a sitting position in the directory. On the western shore of the Nile, this sculpture is said to be weighing 720 tons each. Some parts of the north in the direction of the statue fell during an earthquake in 27 BC.
III. Amenhotep (Amenhotep) reign era of ancient Egypt, then to Egypt on an unprecedented high level of prosperity and cultural and artistic splendor access and at this stage of Egypt's art power and international political power peak had reached.
Statues of Memnon, the Roman period was one of the popular destinations. Many famous Romans and the other passengers, wrote poems about the great statues and stones have been describing them on.
Memnon statues, some days past, a voice resembling rises at dawn to the sound of the harp because "Singing Memnon" is also known by the name. Some theories, it is because of the wind sounds echoing through the cracks; others to the effect of hot daytime heat of the stones, the natural contraction in the cool of the evening is connected.
Unfortunately Septemius Roman Emperor Severus (AD 193-212) that occur during the restoration and the sound vanished forever.
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