Two huge statues of Ramesses II were discovered in Egypt

The discovery of two huge statues of Ramesses II in Egypt by a local farmer has drawn the attention of archaeologists around the world to the ancient structures of the Nile Valley. A farmer named Khalid al-Shahat encountered ancient artifacts while working on his farmland in the village of Behbit al-Hajarah in northern Egypt, and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities...

0 Posted by: Kian Rezaei on October 24, 2015 at 20:50

The discovery of two huge statues of Ramesses II in Egypt by a local farmer has drawn the attention of archaeologists around the world to the ancient structures of the Nile Valley.

A farmer named Khalid al-Shahat came across ancient artifacts while working on his agricultural land in the village of Behbit al-Hajarah in northern Egypt and informed the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of this country. Archaeologists sent to the area and started excavations in the western part of the ancient temple of Isis. Ramesses II, who ruled between 1279 and 1213 BC, i.e. for 66 years, over a vast territory from Egypt to present-day Syria, ordered many buildings to be erected throughout this empire.

The dimensions of the statues and the inscription of the great pharaoh

The larger statue was nearly 8.5 meters high at the time of its original construction, but now only the 1.6-meter Sardis remains, which shows the pharaoh with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The back column of this figure contains an inscription in hieroglyphic script with the name Horusi the king, which means the powerful and beloved cow of truth and truth.

The second statue with an approximate height of 2.4 meters depicts Ramses II with a nemes or the traditional striped fabric of the pharaohs.

Next to the second figure is a pink granite block bearing the titles of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt and the son of Ra. According to Cairo University Egyptologist Mahmoud Imam, these findings strengthen the evidence of Pharaoh's extensive construction activities in this area and show the need for urgent excavations to save the area from the expansion of urbanization.