Guided
Tour of Ancient Egypt
by Darlene Bishop, Kent
School District, WA
Original Text
© Darlene Bishop
Colossi of Memnon
The approach to the
necropolis of the Valley of Kings and the Valley of Queens is
marked by two enormous statues of Amenhotep III. The colossi
once stood before the first pylon of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep
and may have stretched a quarter of a mile back toward the mountain.
The colossi themselves are over sixty feet high and weigh over
eight hundred tons each. They are carved from a rose-colored
crystalline sandstone found near today's Cairo.
|
|
|
|
Complementary
Resources
CTCWeb Resources
Virtual
Ancient Museum
Roots
of English: an Etymological Dictionary
Ancient
Olympics
Scratch,
Glue, Foil & Paint: Connecting Classics and the Art Curriculum
Ancient Egypt
Knowledge Builders
Dress & Costume, Zeus,
Colonization, Homer's Iliad &
Odyssey,
and more.
Teachers' Companions
Dress & Costume, Zeus,
Colonization, Homer's Iliad &
Odyssey,
and more.
Other Resources
Mysteries
of Egypt
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
The Art of the Fake
Global Glossary Terms
- Alexander
the Great
- Caesar
- Ptolemy
- Caligula
- Cleopatra
- Medea
© 2000
AbleMedia.
All rights reserved. |
|
|
