Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
- Official News - Akhenaten Statue Returned, But Bad News From Other Sites
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo of the returned artefact. Today, I announced that the missing limestone statue of King Akhenaten, the father of Tutankhamun, has been returned to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. This unique statue, which dates from the...
- 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...
- Egypt Finds Granite Statue, Likely Of Ramses Ii
Reuters Africa Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a granite statue probably depicting the head of Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, the country's culture ministry said on Wednesday. Researchers discovered the statue...
- More On Ramesses Statue Move
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6831 "Carved in StoneHot off the Da Vinci debate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni refused to budge an inch over the planned removal of the statue of Ramses II from Ramses Square. The move is scheduled...
- Attempt To Smuggle Pharaoh's Statue Foiled
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050915-06373800-bc-egypt-smuggling.xml "Egyptian police have foiled an attempt to smuggle an ancient statue of Pharaoh Ramses II out of Egypt for sale to a foreign museum or private collector....
Egypt
Looting of King Ramses II's colossus thwarted
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Last night looters sneaked into the southern quarry of the upper Egyptian city of Aswan in an attempt to cut and remove the statue of King Ramses II. The statue is half buried in the sand as it was originally cut in red granite and left in situ. Following an immediate report from the quarry’s security guards, archaeologists along with security personal headed directly to the site where they caught the thieves red handed.
Zahi Hawass, minister of state for antiquities affairs, described the statue as beautifully carved although it does not bear any engravings. The statue is six meters high, 175 centimeters in width and eight centimeters thick. It depicts king Ramses II in the shape of the god Osiris.
- Official News - Akhenaten Statue Returned, But Bad News From Other Sites
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo of the returned artefact. Today, I announced that the missing limestone statue of King Akhenaten, the father of Tutankhamun, has been returned to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. This unique statue, which dates from the...
- 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...
- Egypt Finds Granite Statue, Likely Of Ramses Ii
Reuters Africa Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a granite statue probably depicting the head of Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, the country's culture ministry said on Wednesday. Researchers discovered the statue...
- More On Ramesses Statue Move
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6831 "Carved in StoneHot off the Da Vinci debate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni refused to budge an inch over the planned removal of the statue of Ramses II from Ramses Square. The move is scheduled...
- Attempt To Smuggle Pharaoh's Statue Foiled
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050915-06373800-bc-egypt-smuggling.xml "Egyptian police have foiled an attempt to smuggle an ancient statue of Pharaoh Ramses II out of Egypt for sale to a foreign museum or private collector....