The Colossi of Memnon (also known as el-Colossat or el-Salamat) are two monumental statues representing Amenhotep III (1386-1353 BCE) of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. They are located west of the modern city of Luxor and face east looking toward the Nile River. The statues depict the seated king on a throne ornamented with imagery of his mother, his wife, the god Hapy, and other symbolic engravings. The figures rise 60 ft (18 meters) high and weigh 720 tons each; both carved from single blocks of sandstone.
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1386 BCE - 1353 BCEReign of Amenhotep III of Egypt who commissions the Colossi of Memnon.
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65 BCE - 23 CELife of the writer Strabo who visited Colossi of Memnon in Egypt.
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193 CE - 211 CEReign of Roman Emperor Septimus Severus who repairs northern statue of the Colossi of Memnon in Egypt.
