The Colossi of Memnon, a pair of statues each depicting the seated Amenhotep III (r. ca. 1390–1352 B.C.), once stood at the first pylon, or gateway, of the pharaoh’s enormous mortuary temple ...

This truly colossal statue and its companion are all that remains of a huge mortuary temple built by the pharaoh Amenhotep III (Amenophis) in the 14th century B.C. The temple, which the pair of ...

A recent study attempted the facial reconstruction of King Amenhotep III ... as reflected in the mortuary temple in western Thebes and a major temple at Soleb in Nubia. The researchers also ...