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Memnonium

Memnonium may refer to;

  • Memnonium (Strabo), three monuments in Egypt described by Strabo (XVII.42) as a Memnonium, one at Crocodilopolis (the Labyrinth), one at Abydos (Temple of Seti I) and at Thebes ( Temple of Amenhotep III – Ramesseum - Temple of Seti I)
  • Memnonium, name used by travelers and visitors to Thebes for the ruins of the Ramesseum around 1750-1850 (including variants like Temple of Memnon or Memnonia).
  • The Memnon Competition ( George Washington University), a 2005 interdisciplinary design competition to build a self-actuating solar thermal musical instrument. These devices are sometimes called a Memnonium.