Egypt announced two giant pharaohs

Archaeologists in the city of Luxor, Egypt's historic city, have published two giant ancient statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, the ninth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. New kingdom, a golden age in the history of the country Pyramid.

One of the two newly restored statues is 11m tall and weighs 250 tons. Both statues are present at the temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and two other famous statues, known under the name 'two giant Statnon' statues , 16m high, made from quartz stone and demonstrating the image of Amenhotep III sitting on the throne.

Two new statues were restored and published by Egypt

German archaeologist Hourig Sourouzian, head of the Amenhotep III temple conservation project, presided over the announcement.

During the excavation process at the site of Amenhotep III temple, the scientists discovered these two new statues as fragments. They were then transferred back to their old positions and restored.

According to the World Monument Fund (WMF), Amenhotep III temple was erected between 1390 and 1353 BC, for pharaoh Amenhotep III. The temple is 100m wide and 600m long. Unfortunately today, only the lower parts of this temple exist . "The two giant statues of Memnon" mark the entrance of Amenhotep III temple, the most outstanding remnants of what used to be one of the most attractive places among all the monuments of Thebes, Ancient Egypt.

According to WMF: 'the structure of this temple was originally destroyed by earthquakes, and because the site was never fully excavated, it became the site of vegetation development, suffering from seasonal floods and threatening agricultural development activities'.

In addition, the increase in surface salts due to rising groundwater, the consequence of the construction of the Aswan dam in the 1960s was also one of the reasons for the destruction of the site.

Luxor city is located 635km from Cairo, divided into two areas by the Nile, commonly known as the east bank and the west bank. The west coast is home to some of the most priceless ancient monuments and monuments of the 'pyramid country'.

The announcement of the two new statues comes at a time when the Egyptian tourism industry is struggling to free itself from the plight of political turmoil since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.