Famous sculpture as seen and described by great writers (1910)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York, Dodd · leaf 50
ofremoving the young Memnon. In the instructions givenby Mr. Salt to Belzoni when he was setting out on hisexpedition to Thebes, after describing the position andappearance of the Memnon, the consul added : It mustnot be mistaken for another lying in that neighbourhood,which is much mutilated. This… … HEAD OF MEMNON, BRITISH MUSEUM HEAD OF MEMNON 27 nearly in a line with the side of the main gateway into thetemple j and as there is another colossal head near it, theremay have been one on each side of the doorway, as theyare to be seen at Luxor and Karnak. It was broken, andlying with its face…
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