Colossi of Memnon built by Amenopolis III 1500 B.C. One of the 7 Wonders.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-11-1

Description

Photograph: Colossi of Memnon built by Amenopolis III 1500 B.C. One of the 7 Wonders. Two soldiers pose at the base of one of the two great statues of Pharoah Amenhotep III, on the west bank of the Nile River at Luxor. From a photograph album containing 206 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943. With captions taken from a separate index volume. Photographs are portraits and scenes of interest associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943).

Campaigns

World War Two, North Africa (1940-1945)