The true body of the Pharaoh statue 3,000 years has been excavated

The Minister of Egyptian Monuments on March 16 said parts of the 3,000-year-old pharaoh statue that were recently excavated could be King Psamtek I instead of Ramses II as previously reported.

According to the BBC, Minister Khaled el-Anani announced at the press conference that the statue is almost certainly the pharaoh Psamtek I statue , ruled from 664 to 610 BC.

An important proof is that the experts discovered five different names of King Psamtek engraved on ancient statues.

Part of the pharaoh statue was found in Egypt on March 7.(Photo: AFP).

Minister Anani affirmed that finding the statue is an important finding."If it really belongs to the pharaoh, then this is the largest statue from 664 to 332 BC ever discovered in Egypt."

Previously, experts after excavating the statue on March 7 identified it as possibly a statue of King Ramses II, who ruled Psamtek for about 600 years.

The cause of the statue was discovered at the ruins of the temple of Ramses II in the area formerly known as Heliopolis, today east of Cairo, Egypt.

The statue is made of quartzite. This type of stone has great hardness, good weathering, high compressive strength. In addition to the lower part of the head, archaeologists also found half a body, a crown and a piece of the right eye.

According to Guardian, the discovery could be a boost for the Egyptian tourism industry that has been influenced by the uprising movement to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, although it remains the country's main foreign exchange earner.