When1: -1500
When2: -1400
What: sculptor
Where: Thebes, Egypt
works\ Colossi of Memnon [-1500 to -1400: two 20-meter tall statues were at entrance to funeral temple, one making harp-like musical sounds at dawn]
Detail: Amenhotep III of Egyptian New Kingdom erected them. Earthquake damaged them during reign of Septimus Severus, and they sang no more. Temple and statues do not exist now.
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