Wilhelm von Geijer on the Colossus of Memnon at Thebes

AT THE COLOSSUS OF MEMNON

On 11 January, the entire party goes by rowing boat across the Nile to the Temple of Sethos. Afterwards, Walther and Wilhelmina von Hallwyl and Ida Uhse go riding in the mountains, while the others continued sightseeing on their own. They then met up again, and took a moment to climb the statue of Memnos:
"We returned via the route over the mountain, and at its foot we met up with Ellen, Irma and their husbands. There, we had our packed breakfast and then visited a few temples and the Colossus of Memnon. This consists of two cube-shaped thrones, each with a sitting giant, originally 21 m high. The legs of the statue are covered in Latin and Greek inscriptions. Then we rowed back across the Nile."