The news was announced by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on March 4. The statue depicts King Ramses II in a seated position, wearing a double crown and a headdress topped with a royal ...
The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been discovered near the ancient city of Hermopolis (modern-day el-Ashmunein), about 155 miles (250 kilometers ...