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The Statues of the Plain, Thebes, Egypt: a man is standing in the lap of one statue; other men and donkeys at the base. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Fragments of the large statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III) at the Memnonium, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847.

Colossal statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III), Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

The Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt: two statues in ruins. Photograph (by Jean or Pascal Sébah?).

Men talking and smoking by the ruined Temple of Amun at Thebes. Coloured lithograph, c. 1849, by L. Haghe after D. Roberts.

Luxor, Egypt: the Ramesseum (Temple of Ramesses II): four colossi in ruins. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, Egypt. Photograph by Francis Frith, 1858.

The statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III). Watercolour by Charles Vacher, 1864.

Lightning over the ruins at Memnonium at Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Colossal statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III), seen during the flooding of the Nile, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

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Lightning over the ruins at Memnonium at Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Colossal statues of Memnon (Pharaoh Amenhotep III), seen during the flooding of the Nile, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

The Statues of the Plain, Thebes, Egypt: a man is standing in the lap of one statue; other men and donkeys at the base. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, Egypt. Photograph by Francis Frith, 1858.

The Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt: two statues in ruins. Photograph (by Jean or Pascal Sébah?).