Sunday 3 May 2009

The Colossi of Memnon

This gigantic pair of enthroned statues originally fronted the morturay temple of Amenophis III (1390 BC- 1350 BC), Luxor, Egypt.

12 comments:

Joseph Pulikotil said...

Hi JM :)

Lovely photo. The statues are magnificent and breathtaking.

Have a nice day:)
Joseph

Roadartist said...

magnificent..:D
Good night!!

Barb said...

These are amazing....Barb

Giancarlo said...

the essence of egypt. lovely photos.

cristinasiqueira said...

These are glorius.
Bye,

Cris

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

A person really feels small when next to these huge statues.

Unknown said...

Nice shot,that is great statues:)
Thanks for sharing & have a nice day.

Tinsie said...

I like seeing the difference between the size of the statues and the size of humans. Very impressive!

Lowell said...

Very nice! How did they do that?

Λακης Φουρουκλας said...

A very nice shot. The statues look awesome.

Ken Mac said...

time warp!

Tiago Ralha said...

Simplesmente fantástico...