Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III

The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III (Kom el-Hettân) was constructed during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom by the architect Amenhotep, son of Hapu, for Pharaoh Amenhotep III[1]. Located on the Western bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, it was the largest funerary complex in ancient Thebes[1]. Today, only portions of its layout survive, alongside the iconic Colossi of Memnon—two 18-meter-tall stone statues that once guarded the temple's entrance[1]. The site's destruction was primarily caused by flooding from the Nile's annual inundation and a major earthquake around 1200 BC, rather than the previously assumed 27 BC event[2].