Colossi of Memnon
Rana Hesham
11 Jul

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Have an unforgettable visit with Best Egypt Tours, scout Cairo beautiful attraction, the head to Aswan to scout Philae Temple, as Philae is a Greek name means beloved, head after to see the unique of its kind the unfinished Obelisk, after that our Egypt tours will give the chance to see one of the greatest projects in modern Egypt, the great High Dam, heading after that to see the great temple of Abu Simbel, as its miracle happens twice a year when the sunlight penetrate the front entrance and 65 meters into the temple, head after that to the East Bank of Luxor to visit Karnak Temple, and Luxor Temple, move after that to Luxor West Bank to explore the greatness of the Valley of Kings, or the valley of Queens, moving toward the beautiful queen Hatshepsut Temple which is characterized by special architectural design, after that pass by the great two statues Colossi of Memnon before leaving Luxor.

Colossi of Memnon Known as the singing statues or “The Vocal Memnon”, the Colossi of Memnon are two great seated stone statues representing King Amenhotep III, also believed they have been so popular during the Roman period as it is said that the statues sang. This was probably due to the expansion of the stone which warmed up during the day and cooled off at night.

it is believed that tourists from around the Greco-Roman world were trekking across the desert to witness the sunrise acoustic spectacle with these statues, Greek scholars said the reason of this phenomenon that the morning air crossing those cracks saturated with dew, it makes a roaring sound similar to singing prompting to claim that the statue is singing with Sunrise and write this strange phenomenon on the leg of the statue and its base.

 

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