Archaeologists find a statue old of the Pharaoh Rameses II
Egyptian archaeologists discovered a pink granite head that thinks that Rameses II corresponds to the Pharaoh, in the city of Tell Basta, to the northeast of Cairo, in the Delta of the Nile, announced today the Supreme Council of Antiques of Egypt.
The head of 76 cm of stop corresponds to a colossal statue of the Pharaoh who sometimes was located in that area, indicated Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the SCA, that added in addition that found the granite-like head to 1.5 meters underneath the Earth.
This discovery is important because it could indicate that the archaeologists are near the ruins of an important temple of Rameses II in the area , indicated Hawass. The nose of the statue was broken and the beard that sometimes was back-to-back to the pear of the king was found. The archaeologists are excavating about the site hoping to be able to find the totality of the statue and possible rest of a temple erected by the Pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of Old Egypt.
Hawass informed that the measurement of the head indicates that had to belong to a statue considered in four meters and average of height. A development plan for Tell Basta will be implemented, to turn it into a abierto museum, added the civil servant of the SCA.
A great statue of Meritamun, daughter of Rameses II, who took the title of Great Real Wife was open pie two years ago and is there being renewed.
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