Colossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt Carroun House rings round their necks and

rings round their necks and elaborate headdresses

27th December 1970

XXX from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon

by James Cowles Prichard

Middle row: Alan Curbishley

Colossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt Carroun House rings round their necks andColossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt, c1890. The twin statues depict the Pharaoh Amenhotep III and stood in front of his mortuary temple, which has been destroyed. Amenhotep was the 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from 1391 1353 BC. Lantern slide.