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The remains of two Ramesses II statues — one of which would have originally stood around 28 feet tall — were found by a ...
Khaled el-Shahat Khalil was working on his land in Behbeit el-Hagar, a village in northern Egypt’s Gharbia, when he found an ...
A farmer’s discovery has led to the remains of two colossal royal statues and ancient inscriptions in Egypt’s Nile Delta.
Archaeologists said one statue depicts King Ramses II, who ruled more than 3,000 years ago.
A farmer in northern Egypt found fragments of two large statues that may depict Ramses II, including a 1.6-meter head and a 2 ...
Archaeologists found ancient statue fragments related to Ramses II in the Nile Delta region of Egypt. The discovery was ...
Hidden beneath a quiet Egyptian village for 3,000 years, two colossal statues of one of history's most famous pharaohs have ...
The homeowner was working in the front of his house when he found the granite block. Archaeologists came in to finish the job ...
An Egyptian cucumber farmer’s chance find led archaeologists to fragments of two colossal ancient statues, including a head ...
The remains were discovered by chance when a local resident came across a stone block while working on his property.
One of the two recovered stone-carved statues of King Ramses II, recently unearthed in the Nile Delta village and ...