Giant statues of Egyptian Pharaoh found in mud pit (photos)
Archaeologists have discovered two statues of Egyptian Pharaoh dating
back more than 3,000 years in a Cairo muddy pit, Egypt's antiquities
ministry announced on Thursday. According to the Ministry, the relics
were found in Mattarya district, site of the ancient Pharaonic capital
of Heliopolis and today a sprawl of working and middle-class districts
in northeastern Cairo.
The statues are thought to represent Pharaohs from the 19th dynasty,
which ruled from 1314 to 1200 BC. One statue stands eight meters (26
feet) tall and is carved out of quartzite, a tough stone composed mostly
of quartz grains. It could not be identified from its engravings but it
was found at the entrance to the temple of King Ramses II -- also known
as Ramses the Great, suggesting it represents him.
The other relic is a limestone statue of 12th century BC ruler King Seti II.
They were discovered by a joint German-Egyptian archaeological mission
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