Mysterious legend of the

Two giant statues that exist on the Nile River about 3,400 years ago still contain many mysteries.

Colossi of Memnon are two famous stone statues located west of the Nile, about 18 meters high in Egypt, representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III , who ruled ancient Egypt around 3,400 years ago.

Two statues carved in a sitting posture, hands on the knees, face towards the Nile. Originally standing at the gate of the temple of Amenhotep, it was built when Pharaoh was alive and was the place where Egyptians worshiped Pharaoh.

However, floods occur every year in the Nile, causing the foundation to erode. The following Pharaohs found the unresolved condition destroyed the entire temple, reused the blocks for other buildings. However, the two giant statues are retained. Over thousands of years of rain and wind, the two statues still stood out despite the many failures.

Not only famous for their age, the two statues became special because of their ability to "sing" according to the legend for thousands of years. In 27 BC, a massive earthquake broke down, causing severe damage to the northern statue. It cracked the lower half of the body, collapsing from the hip down. Since then, people have heard sounds emanating from the statue whenever dawn is like a deep singing song.

Two giant stone statues in Egypt.

Scientists believe that the "singing" is due to the rise in temperature that causes the dew inside the statue to evaporate , interacting with cracks to create a strange sound.

Tourists visiting the area dubbed the statue of Memnon , named after a hero, the king of Ethiopia, the head of the army that protected Troy in history but was eventually killed by Achilles.

Memnon is the son of the dawn goddess. After he died the goddess cried for her son every dawn, so people often thought it was a singing sound.

It is said that the sound emanating from the statue is the cry of the mother with her beloved son. There are also opinions that it is the cry of a son with a respectable mother.

According to Strabo, Greek geographer and historian, in historical records, "strange singing is like whistling". Many other tourists and geographer Pausanias argue that mysterious singing is like a string of sounds coming from a lyre. However, some people simply assume that it is just a whistle.

Throughout the centuries the statue has attracted thousands of tourists. A lot of people even marked up the statue that they heard strange sounds.

In 199 AD, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus restored the statues and since then, the Memnon statue no longer made a sound.