Memnon Collection

Egypt Thebes Statues of Memnon Victorian period

Great mormon butterfly, Papilio memnon (Agenor butterfly, Papilio agenor). Illustration drawn by George Shaw and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Colossi of Memnon, Luxor, Egypt

Egypt Colossi of Memnon Luxor Victorian period

Colossi of Memnon, Egypt, Victorian period

Colossi of Memnon, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: Colossi of Memnon, Egypt

Egyptian architecture of Dendera and Karnak
Egyptian architecture: bas-relief from the temples of Dendera (Tentyra) and Karnak, Luxor, and the colossi of Memnon, statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III

Colossi of Memnon, near Luxor, Egypt
Colossi of Memnon, two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, Theban Necropolis near Luxor, Egypt. Date: 1922

Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Colossi of Memnon. Date: circa 1920s

Julia Sabina visiting Egyptian antiquities at Thebes
A Roman visitor to the Egyptian tombs - one of the earliest of a long line of Egyptian tourists before the colossal statues of Memnon in the early years of the Christian era

The Colossi of Memnon, Egypt, circa 1890s. Date: circa 1890s

Siphnian Treasury. 530 BC. Greece
Siphnian Treasury. 530 BC. Relief depicting a scene of Troy War. Ajax and Achilles fighting Aeneas and Memnon. Archaeological Museum. Delphi. Greece

Relief depicting the union between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Base of the Colossi of Memnon. Detail. Medinet Habu. Egypt

Colossi of Memnon. Western colossus. Luxor. Egypt
Colossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Western colossus. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt

Colossi of Memnon. Eastern colossus. Luxor. Egypt
Colossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Eastern colossus. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt

Colossi of Memnon. Luxor. Egypt
Colossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Panoramic view. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt

Memnon Colossi / Egypt
The vast representations of Amenhotep III, which guard the approach to the Pharoahs mortuary temple at Thebes. Likened to Memnon by Greek travellers. Date: 1904

Memnon Colossi / Thebes
Amenhotep III (18th Dyn) built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic 75ft high statues on the outer gates. These have survived nature and relocation Date: 1848

Colossi of Memnon at Luxor and the Nilometer in Cairo.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Their Work Endureth 1924
A satire on the English presence in Egypt, featuring Lord Kitchener and the Earl of Cromer as the Colossi of Memnon. 1924

Colossi of Memnon, Egypt. Date: 1857

Egypt - The Colossi of Memnon Date: circa 1903

Greetings from Egypt - Sarcophagus and Kalaoun Mosque
Greetings from Egypt - featuring inset photographs of a Sarcophagus and the Kalaoun Mosque. Date: circa 1910s

Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon, representing Amenhotep III, built at the gateway to a mortuary temple at Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt. Early Greek travellers equated them to Memnon, the son of Aurora

Statue of Memnon
The statue of Memnon is reputed to sing at sunrise, as the suns rays warm up the stone

Memnon Statues 2
The so-called Memnon statues of Amenophis III, which emit a sound like the snapping of a cord at daybreak, attributed to Memnons mother Eos, goddess of the Dawn, weeping

Memnon Statues 1
The so-called Memnon statues of Amenophis III, which emit a sound like the snapping of a cord at daybreak, attributed to Memnons mother Eos, goddess of the Dawn, weeping

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