The Colossi of Memnon

The two Colossi of Memnon on Luxor's west bank are the only remaining standing statues fronting the

mortuary temple of Amenhotep III, it was once the largest temple built in Egypt and believed to have covered an area larger than Karnak, and show the pharaoh sitting on his throne. Each one cut from a single block of stone and weighing 1000 tonnes.