Egypt unearths upper part of 3,200-year-old giant Ramses II statue


CAIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian-U.S. archeologists have discovered the upper part of a full-body Ramses II statue dating back more than 3,200 years to his rule in the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday.

Archaeological studies showed that the 3.8-meter-high limestone bust, newly discovered in the southern Egyptian province of Minya, matches the lower part of a statue of the Egyptian pharaoh uncovered in 1930, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said in a statement.

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