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Following extensive fieldwork, documentation, conservation, reassembly, modelling and engineering work by the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project (directed by Dr Hourig Sourouzian), two colossal Alabaster statues of king Amenhotep III have been re-erected and returned to their original context on Sunday, 14th of December 2025. This achievement was revealed during a press conference held in the presence of his excellence, Mr Sherif Fathi, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, and Dr Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, underscoring the national and international significance of the project and site.
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities وزارة السياحة والآثار | Facebook
Grandeur of Amenhotep restored – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
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Egypt Unveils Restored Colossi of Memnon in Luxor
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| Year | Name (University) | Degree | Topic |
| 2024 | Tara Draper-Stumm (Cardiff University) | PHD | Sekhmet statues of Amenhotep III and their dispersal from Egypt |
| 2017 | Daniela Galazzo (Sorbonne University) | PHD | Recherches sur la statuaire et les monuments en quartzite en Égypte au Nouvel Empire (XVIIIe – XIXe dynasties) |
04.07.2026: Lecture by Kathrin Gabler, Andrea Kilian, and Juan Jesús Padilla Fernández at the Ständige Ägyptologie Konferenz in Leipzig: “Mapping Pottery at the Kom el-Hettan: Was eine vorläufige Keramikauswertung über das Millionenjahrhaus Amenophis’ III. preisgibt”. More information…
12.06.2025: Lecture by Hourig Sourouzian held at the JGU Mainz and organised by the Freundeskreis Ägyptologie. More information…
20.02.2025: Lecture in the German House Qurna
| Year | Award | Category |
| 2016 | The Luxor Times Award | Top Five Ongoing Achievements (2015) |
| 2017 | The Luxor Times Award | Top 10 Discoveries (2016) |