Massive King Ramses II Statues Unearthed in Egypt

THE STORY, IN BRIEF

Hyperallergic reports that Egyptian antiquities officials recovered parts of two monumental statues of Ramses II at Behbeit Al-Hagar in the Nile Delta. Excavation followed a resident’s discovery of an inscribed stone. The find includes a large carved head and part of an inscribed back pillar.

Summarised from Hyperallergic · Rhea Nayyar. AFROSCOPE Daily has not independently reported this story.