The discovery of two statues for "Ramses II and Seti II in the Matariya area in Cairo

The discovery of two statues for "Ramses II and Seti II   in the Matariya area in Cairo

Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany have found a massive eight-meter statue it was of  Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.

 "Last Tuesday they called me to announce the big discovery of a colossus of a king, most probably Ramses II, made out of quartzite," Minister Khaled al-Anani told Reuters on Thursday at the site of the statue's unveiling.


Ramses the Great was the third of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and ruled from 1279 to 1213 BCE.

He led several military expeditions and expanded the Egyptian Empire to stretch from Syria in the east to Nubia in the south. His successors called him the "Great Ancestor".

Professor Ayman al-Ashmawy said ,"The discovered parts have no inscriptions that can determine the identity of owner, but since the discovery was made in front  King Ramses II Temple’s gate, the statue most likely belongs to him".
He stressed that the discovery is one of the most important recent archaeological discoveries

The find could be a boon for Egypt's tourism industry, which has suffered many setbacks since the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011

                                         Name:Menna Tallah Tarek
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