‘One Of The Most Important Discoveries Ever’ Made In Egypt

Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a huge statue of what is most likely Pharaoh Ramses II – marking what many are calling one of the most important discoveries in history.

The statue was found near the ruins of the Ramses II’s temple in the ancient city of Heliopolis. Kansas City residents built a village of tiny homes so that homeless veterans can have a free place to live: “Last Tuesday they called me to announce the big discovery of a colossus of a king, most probably Ramses II, made out of quartzite,” Khaled al-Anani, of the Antiquities Ministry, said, Daily Mail reported. Ramses was cited by many as the most celebrated ruler of ancient Egypt, and ruled over 3,000 years ago. Kansas City residents built a village of tiny homes so that homeless veterans can have a free place to live: “We found the bust of the statue and the lower part of the head and now we removed the head and we found the crown and the right ear and a fragment of the right eye,”

Anani said. Because of where the statue was found, the likelihood that is does, indeed, depict Ramses II is great. “It is one of the most important excavations in Egypt,” Egyptology at the American University in Cairo professor Salima Ikram told NBC News, adding that the the statue is “spectacular.” Ongoing work at the site of the discovery, she said, is “crucially important because it is basically rescue archaeology of one of the most important religious places in ancient Egyptian history.

It is the birthplace of the Sun God and indeed of Egypt and its civilization in terms of Egyptian mythology.” Many readers expressed their amazement at the discovery. “What an amazing find! Ancient Egypt must have been a wonderful place but see what some recent idiots have done to it,” one Daily Mail reader commented on the site’s Facebook page. Others questioned the motives behind the creation of the statue to begin with. “There’s nothing magical about that.

The pharoah made slavery misconception of having his subjects to make the people built his kingdom and bow to him as God. Mosses saved the entire civilisation of his by drowning the King himself and his followers into the Red Sea. That statuettes are symbol remarks of the destruction that God are not stones or people who thaught they have power,” one reader commented. “The statues are thought to represent Pharaohs from the 19th dynasty. One statue stands 26ft (8 meters) tall and is carved out of quartzite, a tough stone composed mostly of quartz grains.

It could not be identifies from its engravings but it was found at the entrance to the temple of King Ramses II – also known as Ramses the Great – suggesting it represents him,” another added. Sources: Daily Mail, NBC News, Daily Mail/Facebook / Photo credit: Daily Mail