Index – Science – Found in Egypt II. The upper part of the huge statue of Ramses

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A joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission uncovered II. The upper part of the huge statue of King Ramses, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities told on Monday.

The limestone block is approximately 3.8 meters high and depicts a seated Ramses wearing a double crown and a king cobra headdress

Bassem Jihad, head of the mission’s Egyptian group, said in a statement. “On the upper part of the back column of the statue are hieroglyphic writings glorifying one of the most powerful pharaohs in ancient Egypt, the king,” he said.

The ruler also known as Ramses the Great in the 19th century. He was the third pharaoh of the Egyptian Dynasty and ruled from 1279 to 1213 BC. The size of the statue, including its lower part, which was discovered decades ago, can reach about 7 meters. The city of El Ashmunein on the west bank of the Nile was known as Khemnu in ancient Egypt and was the regional capital of Hermopolis Magna in the Greco-Roman period.

The tests confirmed that the upper part of the statue is compatible with the lower part discovered by the German archaeologist Günther Roeder in 1930

said Mustafa Waziri, head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. “The mission has started cleaning and preparing the block before modeling what the sculpture would look like if the two parts were combined,” Waziri said.

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