Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon, Ramesseum

Hatshepsut

Colossi of Memnon

Ramesseum

Hatshepsut (a 3400 year old statue to be found in the Museum of Egypt). The second female pharaoh dressed like a man and was portrayed as such as well.

Hatshepsut was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh. Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC. She was described as having a reign of about 21 years by ancient authors. During her reign the first recorded attempt to transplant foreign trees took place. Another first was her use of grinded charred frankincense into kohl eyeliner. Many elements of the Temple of Karnak were built during her reign. The masterpiece of Hatshepsut's building projects was her own mortuary temple built near the entrance to what is now called the Valley of the Kings.

Besides these two statues, very little remains today of Amenhotep's temple as, standing to close to the River Nile, successive annual inundations gnawed away at its foundations.

The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II and is located on the west bank of the River Nile close to the contemporary city of Luxor. This temple was one of the  "temples of a million years" serving the cult of the pharaoh and Amon.

The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep's mortuary temple.