North Africa
Egypt
Luxor Governorate

Memnon Statue

The Colossi of Memnon are two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined , the largest temple in the .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Egyptian statues
  • Also known as: “Colossi of Memnon”, “Colossi of Memnon at Theban necropolis”, “Colossus of Memnon”, “El-Qolossât”, “Eş-Şanamât”, “Timthālā Mamnūn”, and “تمثال ممنون”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include West Bank and Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III.

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The of in is also the gateway to the amazing , and a string of pharaonic mortuary temples vies with the richly-decorated Tombs of the Nobles and the workmen's village, Deir el-Medineh, for the visitors’ attention.

Archaeological site
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The , also known as Kom el-Hettân, was built by the main architect Amenhotep, son of Hapu, for Pharaoh Amenhotep III during the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom. is situated 220 metres northwest of Memnon Statue.

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The is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is located in the in , on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of . is situated 1 km north of Memnon Statue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.

Village
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is a necropolis near on the West Bank at , . It is located in the dry bay that leads up to and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.

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is a city in . had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the . Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as .

Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.

Memnon Statue

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
Open­Street­Map ID
way 115780911
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
352548
Wiki­data ID
Q750209
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Memnon Statue” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kolosse van Memnon”
  • Arabic: “تمثالا ممنون”
  • Arabic: “عملاق ممنون”
  • Basque: “Memnoneko Kolosoak”
  • Bulgarian: “Колоси на Мемнон”
  • Bulgarian: “Колосите на Мемнон”
  • Bulgarian: “Пеещи колоси”
  • Catalan: “Al Colossat”
  • Catalan: “Al-Colossat”
  • Catalan: “Colossos de Memnon”
  • Catalan: “Colossos de Mèmnon”
  • Catalan: “Es Salamat”
  • Catalan: “Es-Salamat”
  • Cebuano: “Colossi of Memnon”
  • Chinese: “曼农巨像”
  • Chinese: “門農巨像”
  • Chinese: “门农巨像”
  • Croatian: “Memnonovi kolosi”
  • Czech: “Kolosy Memnon”
  • Czech: “Memnonovy kolosy”
  • Dutch: “Colossen van Memnon”
  • Dutch: “Kolossen van Memnon”
  • Dutch: “Memnonkolos”
  • Dutch: “Memnonkolossen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثالين ممنون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ممنون”
  • Finnish: “Memnonin kolossit”
  • French: “Colosses de Memnon”
  • German: “El-Colossat”
  • German: “Es-Salamat”
  • German: “Memnonkoloss”
  • German: “Memnonkolosse”
  • German: “Memnonskoloss”
  • German: “Memnonskolosse”
  • Greek: “Κολοσσοί του Μέμνωνα”
  • Hebrew: “פסלי הענק של ממנון”
  • Hebrew: “פסלי ממנון”
  • Hungarian: “Memnón-kolosszusok”
  • Indonesian: “Kolosi Memnon”
  • Italian: “Colossi di Memnon”
  • Italian: “Colossi di Memnone”
  • Italian: “Colossi di Mennone”
  • Italian: “Colosso di Memnone”
  • Italian: “El-Colossat”
  • Italian: “Es-Salamat”
  • 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 Memnon”
  • Spanish: “Colosos de Memnón”
  • Swahili: “Sanamu za Memnon”
  • Swedish: “Kom el Hetan”
  • Swedish: “Kom el-Hetan”
  • Swedish: “Memnons stoder”
  • Tamil: “மூன்றாம் அமென்கோதேப்பின் பெருஞ்சிலைகள்”
  • Turkish: “Dev Memnon Heykelleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Колоси Мемнона”
  • Urdu: “دو مجسمہ ممنون”

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