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"'The heart of his majesty was pleased to make very great monuments, unequaled since the creation of the world.' Thus Amenophis III appraised these 60-foot [18-meter] figures of himself, commonly called the Colossi of Memnon. They have been seated on their thrones for 33 centuries at the Necropolis of Thebes."
—From "By Felucca Down the Nile," April 1940, National Geographic magazine
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