An imposing and extraordinary statue is that of Ramses II found in el-Matariya on the outskirts of Cairo. An 8-meter colossus, the remains of which were found where the ruins of Heliopolis were.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himAn imposing and extraordinary statue is that of Ramses ii found in el-Matariya on the outskirts of Cairo. An 8-meter colossus, the remains of which were found where the ruins of Heliopolis.
“Last Tuesday they called me to announce the great discovery of a king's colossus, most likely it is Ramses II, made of quartzite, "the minister told Reuters Khaled al-Anani.
The remains were found by a team of German and Egyptian archaeologists and may belong to the pharaoh, who ruled Egypt over 3 thousand years ago, between 1279 and 1213 BC
Pharaoh, also known Ramses it great, third of the nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, he had led several expeditions and expanded his empire to the east of Nubia.
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"We found the bust of the statue, the lower part of the head, the crown, the right ear and a fragment of the right eye," he said. Anani.
On the same site, the Egyptian-German team discovered the top of a life-size limestone statue of Pharaoh Seti II, grandson of Ramses II, which is 80 centimeters long.
The discovery was hailed by the minister as one of the most important of all of the country. Experts are now analyzing the exhibits that will be moved to Grand Egyptian Museum, which will open in 2018.
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Just a few days ago, they had been found 66 statues dating back over 3 thousand years ago and probably belonging to the temple of the ninth pharaoh Amenofi III of Luxor.
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