The undated photo shows the upper part of a full-body Ramses II statue discovered in Minya, Egypt. Egyptian-U.S. archeologists have discovered the upper part of a full-body Ramses II statue dating back more than 3,200 years to his rule in the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on March 4, 2024. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Handout via Xinhua)
CAIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian-U.S. archeologists have discovered the upper part of a full-body Ramses II statue dating back more than 3,200 years to his rule in the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday.
Archaeological studies showed that the 3.8-meter-high limestone bust, newly discovered in the southern Egyptian province of Minya, matches the lower part of a statue of the Egyptian pharaoh uncovered in 1930, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said in a statement.
The relic depicts Ramses II wearing a double-crowned headdress with a royal cobra on it. The top of the pillar on the back of the statue has hieroglyphic inscriptions of titles glorifying the king and texts indicating its building time, Waziri told Xinhua.
The whole statue combining the two parts will be seven meters high, according to the statement. ■
