Discovered the Pharaoh Ramsses II statue in Egypt

A Pharaoh Ramsses II statue - the third Egyptian king of the 19th dynasty (1290-1223 BC) has just been discovered in the country.

The statue is made of pink granite, 247cm tall, 200cm wide, 90cm thick. The Egyptian-German expert group, under the direction of the Egyptian researcher, Eva Lange (of Göttengin University of Germany), was found at the entrance to the Bastet temple (the earth god of the Lower Egypt region). ) buried in the ruins of the Greek-Roman era.

Around the statue of Ramesses II, there are two other god statues, Atum and Bastet, all carved in a sitting posture. The back of the Ramesses II statue is decorated with hieroglyphs.

Pharaoh Ramsses II statue has just been discovered.

The statues are found while excavating at the famous archaeological site of Bubastis (known as Tell Basta), in Zagazig city, 83km northeast of Cairo.

Bubastis is not far from an archaeological site called San Al-Hagar. A group of statues like the Sphinx is currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, mostly excavated in this area. The museum in London, Berlin and Copenhagen also holds black and red granite statues, found in San Al-Hagar.

The findings set the stage for the study of the Ramsses II dynasty over Egypt's current territory with many artifacts buried under the sand, in addition to the three main archaeological sites, Bubastis, Pi-Ramesses and Tanis.

Director of the Antiquities Department of the Nile Delta center Adel Hussein, said the statue represents the spiritual origin of Ramsses II. This king was then seen as a dowry god to sit on the throne of Egypt.

Ramesses II is the most famous in the history of ancient Egypt, especially his successive wars against the Hittites who repeatedly attacked threatening the Egyptian border.

In the fourth year under his reign, Ramesses II led the first campaign against the former Amurru kingdom formed in modern-day Palestine.

During 67 years of reign, Ramsses II built thousands of buildings scattered throughout his territory, reflecting his expansion of power over the whole of Egypt.