"Newsweek" highlights the discovery of parts of the statue of Ramses II in Aswan
The American Newsweek magazine highlighted that archaeologists in Egypt have found previously unexplored parts of the statue of King Ramses II, one of the most famous and powerful rulers of the Pharaohs.
The parts were discovered in the Kom Ombo temple in Aswan while a team of archaeologists was working to preserve the site and protect it from underground water. The magazine quoted reports indicating that the statue's head was found, which depicts a white crown symbolizing Upper Egypt in the time of the pharaohs, and also bears the symbol "Ankh", a symbol of life that was usually shown in the hands of the ancient Egyptian gods.
The magazine said that before this discovery there was only slight evidence that the temple was used or even existed in the era of the modern Egyptian state, but the parts of the statue that were found shed new light on the long history of the temple.
Newsweek said archaeologists are planning to continue digging at the site, hoping to find the rest of the statue. Before its destruction, the statue was probably about 23 feet high, said Mohamed Abdel-Badi ', head of the Central Administration for Upper Egypt.
King Ramses II is also known as Ramses the Great, and his rule extended from 1279 BC to 1213 BC, and he sweated with the powerful army that fought the Battle of Qadish.
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