Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient Egyptian statues
- Also known as: “Al Colossat”, “Al-Colossat”, “Colossen van Memnon”, “Colossi di Memnon”, “Colossi di Mennone”, “Colossi of Memnon at Theban necropolis”, “Colosso di Memnone”, “Colossus of Memnon”, “El-Colossat”, “El-Qolossât”, “Es Salamat”, “Es-Salamat”, “Eş-Şanamât”, “Kolosy Memnon”, “Kom el Hetan”, “Memnon Statue”, “Memnonkolos”, “Memnonkoloss”, “Memnonkolossen”, “Memnons stoder”, “Memnonskoloss”, “Memnonskolosse”, “Memnonstøtterne”, “Timthālā Mamnūn”, “Колосите на Мемнон”, “Пеещи колоси”, “פסלי ממנון”, “تمثال ممنون”, and “曼农巨像”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: West Bank and Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III.
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
Archaeological site
Photo: Markh, Public domain.Ramesseum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.
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Colossi of Memnon
- Categories: colossal statue, archaeological site, statue, archaeological artefact, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Luxor Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.7205° or 25° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
32.61044° or 32° 36′ 38″ east
Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)
Open location code
7GQJPJC6+55
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Colossi of Memnon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kolosse van Memnon”
- Arabic: “تمثالا ممنون”
- Arabic: “عملاق ممنون”
- Basque: “Memnoneko Kolosoak”
- Bulgarian: “Колоси на Мемнон”
- Catalan: “Colossos de Memnon”
- Catalan: “Colossos de Mèmnon”
- Cebuano: “Colossi of Memnon”
- Chinese: “門農巨像”
- Chinese: “门农巨像”
- Croatian: “Memnonovi kolosi”
- Czech: “Memnonovy kolosy”
- Danish: “Memnonkolosserne”
- Dutch: “Kolossen van Memnon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثالين ممنون”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ممنون”
- Finnish: “Memnonin kolossit”
- French: “Colosses de Memnon”
- Galician: “Colosos de Memnon”
- German: “Memnonkolosse”
- Greek: “Κολοσσοί του Μέμνωνα”
- Hebrew: “פסלי הענק של ממנון”
- Hungarian: “Memnón-kolosszusok”
- Indonesian: “Kolosi Memnon”
- Italian: “Colossi di Memnone”
- Japanese: “メムノンの巨像”
- Korean: “멤논의 거상”
- Latin: “Colossi Memnonis”
- Lithuanian: “Memnono kolosai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Memnonstøttene”
- Norwegian: “Memnonstøttene”
- Persian: “دو مجسمه ممنون”
- Polish: “Kolosy Memnona”
- Portuguese: “Colossos de Memnon”
- Portuguese: “Colossos de Mêmnon”
- Romanian: “Coloșii lui Memnon”
- Russian: “Колоссы Мемнона”
- Serbian: “Memnonovi kolosi”
- Serbian: “Мемнонови колоси”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Memnonovi kolosi”
- Slovenian: “Memnonova kolosa”
- Spanish: “Colosos de Memnón”
- Swahili: “Sanamu za Memnon”
- Swedish: “Kom el-Hetan”
- Tamil: “மூன்றாம் அமென்கோதேப்பின் பெருஞ்சிலைகள்”
- Turkish: “Dev Memnon Heykelleri”
- Ukrainian: “Колоси Мемнона”
- Urdu: “دو مجسمہ ممنون”
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