Temple of the million years of Amenhotep III
Sometimes called Aménophium, the temple of the million years of Amenhotep {{III}} , “ Neb-Maât-Re in the occident of Thèbes ”, is located at Kôm el-Hettan (), on western bank of the the Nile, vis-a-vis Louxor, on the right of the road carrying out towards the Nécropole thebaine. It is supposed that it was destroyed by an earth tremor during the reign of Ramsès {{II}}.
This temple was largest of all the castles of million years which existed, abounding in colossal statues, course, pylons.
It is famous for its two monumental statues, the Colosses of Memnon, which decorated the entry of it in front of a first brick pylon. These two statues represent the king Amenhotep {{III}}, flanked each side of two queens, on the right the Grande royal wife Tiyi and on the left the queen mother Moutemouia.
Since many years, the site is excavated by the Mission of the Colossi of Memnon and the temple of Amenhotep with Kôm el Hettan , directed by Hourig Sourouzian.
The excavations made it possible to reconstitute the plan of the temple made up of three pylons preceded each one by a pair of colossal statues of the king of which the height were decreasing while penetrating in the temple to accentuate the effect of prospect. These pylons preceded a hypostyle court, before the access to the Naos.
During the program of excavations 2006, forty-two statues of the goddess Sekhmet were discovered. These statues, a height of approximately two meters and of a weight from approximately 1,8 ton each one, decorated the circumference of the hypostyle court.
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