Egypt
Daily Mail Online
With photographs.
See the above page for the full story.
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Yahoo! NB - the photograph currently showing on the page is not from the site - it is not even from Egypt - but is part of a slideshow of general archaeology and anthropology photographs. A team of archaeologists unearthed two large red granite statues...
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- Pharaonic Temple Discovered In Cairo
http://tinyurl.com/ejf2e (The Globe and Mail) "Archeologists discovered a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo, Egypt's antiquities chief said Sunday. The partially uncovered...
- Statue Of Rameses Ii Found
Wow you sure cant have enough of those! The statue is made from pink granite and is missing the nose and beard. The author said Nefertiti was wife of Rameses II this would have made Nefertiti around 200 years old, thank goodness for the picture. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/3074496/Ancient-statue-of-Ramses-II-found-near-Cairo.html...
Egypt
Discovery of pharaoh's head could lead archaeologists to Ramses II temple
Daily Mail Online
With photographs.
A huge 3,000 year-old red granite head has been unearthed in Cairo of one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, archaeologists have revealed.
Egypt's antiquities council said they believed the broken statue found at Tell Basta, 50 miles northeast of Cairo was of Ramses II. They hope the discovery will lead them to a major temple of the pharaoh in the area.
The 30-inch high carving belonged to a colossal statue that once stood in the area. Its nose is broken and the beard that was once attached to the king's chin is missing.
Archaeologists are still digging on the location for the rest of the statue. A large statue of the daughter and wife of Ramses II, Meritamum was discovered on the site two years ago and re-erected.
The site was dedicated to the cat-goddess Bastet and was an important centre from the Old Kingdom until the end of the Roman Period.
See the above page for the full story.
- More Discoveries From The Mortuary Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
Yahoo! NB - the photograph currently showing on the page is not from the site - it is not even from Egypt - but is part of a slideshow of general archaeology and anthropology photographs. A team of archaeologists unearthed two large red granite statues...
- Massive Head Discovered At Mortuary Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
npr With two photos Archaeologists have unearthed a massive red granite head of one Egypt's most famous pharaohs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Sunday. The head of Amenhotep III, which alone...
- Egyptian Team Works To Uncover Statue Of Pharaoh
VOA News (Edward Yeranian) Also available as MP3 clips from the above page An archeological team, under the direction of Egypt's well-known Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, has begun uncovering rubble under which the largest known statue of Pharaoh...
- Pharaonic Temple Discovered In Cairo
http://tinyurl.com/ejf2e (The Globe and Mail) "Archeologists discovered a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo, Egypt's antiquities chief said Sunday. The partially uncovered...
- Statue Of Rameses Ii Found
Wow you sure cant have enough of those! The statue is made from pink granite and is missing the nose and beard. The author said Nefertiti was wife of Rameses II this would have made Nefertiti around 200 years old, thank goodness for the picture. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/3074496/Ancient-statue-of-Ramses-II-found-near-Cairo.html...