Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III

The Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III is an ancient Egyptian sculpture created around 1350 BC. It was found in the massive mortuary temple of the pharaoh Amenhotep III on the West Bank of the Nile River at Thebes (Luxor) in Egypt. Only the head of the broken colossal statue survives. It is part of the British Museum's Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan collection.

This brown quartzite statue was one of a series of near-identical statues that flanked the west side of a colonnaded courtyard. When complete, it would have measured more than 8 metres (26 feet) high without its base, and the body would have stood in the classic pose of the deity Osiris with legs together and arms crossed, holding the crook and the flail, which were symbols of Egyptian kingship. The statue would have worn a short royal kilt and the red crown of Lower Egypt. The discovery in 1964 of the head of one ot…

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