View of some of the columns in the hypostyle hall of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II (1279-1213 BC). The temple was still also known in the nineteenth century as the Memnonium, and the whole area as Memnonia, as a result of its association with Memnon, the Homeric character. Such association started in classical times with the identification of the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (1390-1352 BC), standing not far from the mortuary temple, as a pair of statues depicting Memnon (still commonly known today as the Colossi of Memnon).
