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Colossi of Memnon
Roman visitors carved over a hundred inscriptions on a Luxor colossus about hearing it cry at dawn.
They have stood since 1350 BC, and were well known to ancient Greeks and Romans, as…
Strabo suspected someone at the base. Hoax, physics, or both at different times?
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