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Colossi of Memnon on the west bank of Thebes showing the Colossi during an inundation where the Nile water was intended to lap at the feet of the statues. The Colossi are some of the only remaining features from Amenhotep III's mortuary temple (which was significantly robbed by Merenptah).

 


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