【Travel around the 🌍 world】Egypt🇪🇬. The Colossi of Memnon.

Colossi of Memnon The Colossi of Memnon ممنون . Time: 2019.10.02 . Two rock colossi on the west bank of the Nile Colossi of Memnon: badly weathered, faces unrecognizable Builder: Amen Hotep III Location: West Bank of the Nile . before leaving for the Valley of the Kings There are few landscapes that are still shocking without tickets . The Colossi of Memnon are two rock colossi standing on the field between the west bank of the Nile and the Valley of the Kings. It turned out to be a statue in front of the temple of the pharaoh "AMENHOTEP III", but the temple itself has disappeared. . The giant elephant is 20 meters high, weathered so badly that its face is no longer recognizable. The seated statue was built by Amenhotep III at the height of the New Kingdom era. Behind the sitting statue was originally his funeral hall, but later Pharaohs demolished this building and used him as a stone for his own building. By the time of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the building had been completely destroyed. People think that the stone statue is the statue of Memnon in Greek mythology, so they named the stone statue the statue of Memnon. Earthquakes during Roman rule cracked the statue. Whenever the wind blows, Memnon seems to be singing, which is very magical. The statue of Memnon that was repaired later never sang again. . statue . The Colossi of Memnon is 20 meters high, 2 meters long and 1 meter thick. The two seated statues have been so badly weathered that their faces are unrecognizable. But it can still be seen that the whole is the appearance of the pharaoh sitting on the throne with his hands flat on his thighs. There is another obvious difference between the two sitting statues. The one on the left is carved out of a whole stone, while the one on the right is made of stone blocks. . legend . It is said that the one on the right side of the Colossi of Memnon will make a boundless and distant sound every morning at sunrise. Many travelers have recorded that they heard a sad and melodious song. The ancient Greeks linked this phenomenon with the capture of Troy. Scientists believe that it is caused by nature. The appearance of the sound is due to the sudden change in temperature from cold to hot at sunrise. The heat generated by the first sun rays in the morning passes through the body of the stone statue and makes it sound like gold and stone. In front of the Colossi of Memnon, there is a vast field not far away, and the green waves are rolling. The two colossal statues are like a gate between history and present, humanities and nature, standing for thousands of years.