CAIRO, Oct 14 (Bernama-WAM) -- Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the discovery of fragments of two colossal royal statues in Bahbit Al-Higara village in Gharbia Governorate, one identified as King Ramses II and the other also thought to depict him, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
World : Egypt Discovers Fragments Of Two Colossal Ramses II Statues
Egypt, statues, Ramses, discovery
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- The discoveries were made during rescue excavations conducted by a mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and included a pink granite block inscribed with the pharaoh's royal titles in hieroglyphs.
- According to the ministry, the first find consists of a 1.60-metre-tall head of Ramses II wearing the Double Crown, representing the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, together with part of a back pillar bearing his Horus name.
- A separate pink granite block, measuring 1.30 metres, carries two hieroglyphic inscriptions identifying Ramses II by his royal titles, Nesu-Bity (King of Upper and Lower Egypt) and Sa-Ra (Son of Ra).
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