Archaeologists Uncover Colossal Statues of Ramses II in Egypt
A local resident’s report led to rescue excavations that uncovered two monumental statues and a granite block with Ramses II’s royal titles.
- A resident's accidental discovery in the village of Behbeit El-Hagar, located in Egypt's Gharbia Governorate, led to the unearthing of fragments from a massive statue of Pharaoh Ramses.
- Known as Ramses the Great, the Pharaoh ruled over 3,000 years ago and was celebrated for extensive construction of monumental temples during his reign.
- Researchers estimated the complete statue, featuring a stone head measuring approximately 5 feet tall, could have originally stood approximately 28 feet high including its base.
- Following the resident's alert to local officials, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities launched an excavation that also revealed a second royal statue fragment measuring nearly eight feet.
- The Bible links Ramses to the Exodus story of Moses and the Israelites, though researchers continue investigating whether these statues originally stood at the site or were relocated.
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The Egyptian authorities discovered the remains of two massive statues of King Ramses II and a block of pink granite containing hieroglyphic inscriptions.
Egyptian farmer tilling the land discovered 28-foot statue of biblical pharaoh who enslaved Israelis, allegedly challenged Moses in Bible
A farmer in Behbeit El Hagar, Egypt stumbled upon a remarkable royal statue of Ramses II while tilling his land. In a swift response, local antiquities officials began an excavation to retrieve the statue along with other artifacts. They uncovered a substantial head of Ramses II and several smaller statues embellished with inscriptions. This discovery is expected to deepen our knowledge of ancient Egypt's cultural and political legacy.
A homeowner discovered in Egypt a stone with ancient inscriptions in his garden. Archaeologists came across huge pharaoh statues.
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