The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently unveiled two colossal statues of Amenhotep III at Luxor. The statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon, were reassembled after a 20-year-long restoration project. An earthquake around 1200 BC destroyed Amenhotep III’s funerary temple and caused the statues to collapse. Various pieces were quarried and dispersed throughout Egypt over the years. Archaeologists later located these pieces and painstakingly reassembled them. The two colossi now stand 48 feet (14.5 m) and 45 feet (13.6 m) tall, respectively, at the entrance to the pharaoh’s funerary complex. They depict Amenhotep III, wearing the royal double crown, and their orientation has him facing east toward the sun. Many biblical scholars believe Amenhotep III (ca. 1391–1354 BC) was the pharaoh ruling during the period of the conquest.
Source: https://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-pharoah-tourism-6f8337f96ab084b7854ca9ed13c214de
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