PHAROH RAMSES II STATUE FOUND IN MUD.

Egyptian workers with the head of the statue

Last Thursday archaeologists from Egypt and Germany called to announce of a big discovery of acolossus of king most probably ramses II, made out of quartzite. They found an eight meter statue .26ft. immersed in ground muddy water in “matarya”.

That they say it’s characterize or dub pharaoh ramses the second who ruled Egypt more than 2,500 years ago.

Discoverey of the big bilblot pillar hailed by egypt’s  antiquities ministry on Thursday as one of the most important discovery ever- was made near the ruins of ramses  II ‘s temple in ancient city of helioplies ,located  in the eastern area of the modern –day cairo.

Says that he sun temple in Heliopolis was founded by Ramses II,  lending weight to the likelihood the statue is of him, archaeologists say It was one of the largest temples in Egypt, almost double the size of Luxor’s Karnak, but was destroyed in Greco-Roman times. 

Many of its obelisks were moved to Alexandria or to Europe and stones from the site were looted and used for building as Cairo developed.experts will now attempt to extract the remaining pieces of both statues before restoring them. 

If they are successful and the colossus is proven to depict Ramses II, it will be moved to the entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum set to open in giza 2018.

by salma mohamed talaat

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