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Raising Ramses: Archaeologists lift 3,000-year-old statue of Egyptian Pharaoh considered ‘one of the most important discoveries ever’ from muddy ditch in Cairo slum
Raising Ramses: Archaeologists lift 3,000-year-old statue of Egyptian Pharaoh considered ‘one of the most important discoveries ever’ from muddy ditch in Cairo slum
- Researchers from Egypt and Germany found the bust of the statue and the lower part of the head
- They also found upper part of a life-sized limestone statue of Pharaoh Seti II, Ramses II’s grandson
- Discovery was made in the working class area of Matariya among unfinished buildings and mud roads
- It shows the importance of the city of Heliopolis which was dedicated to worship of Ra – the sun god
This is the moment archaeologists lifted a 3,000-year-old statue of an Egyptian Pharaoh considered ‘one of the most important discoveries ever’ from a muddy ditch.
Experts descended on the Souq al-Khamis district of the capital Cairo and used a crane to lift the three-tonne torso of the statue, which is believed to depict revered Pharaoh Ramses II.
The discovery, hailed by the Antiquities Ministry as one of the most important ever, was made near the ruins of Ramses II’s temple in the ancient city of Heliopolis.
Researchers from Egypt and Germany say the 26ft statue probably depicts revered Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.
The first part of the colossus – a large portion of the head – was pulled up Thursday.
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PIctures captured the moment archaeologists lifted a 3,000-year-old statue of an Egyptian Pharaoh considered ‘one of the most important discoveries ever’ from a muddy ditch
Experts descended on the Souq al-Khamis district of the capital Cairo and used a crane to lift the statue which will now be taken away for examination and restoration
Discovery: Egyptian workers pose next to the excavated three-tonne torso of the statue after it was lifted from a ditch
Egyptians look on as a crane lifts parts of a statue for restoration after it was unearthed at Souq al-Khamis district, at al-Matareya area, Cairo
Antiquities workers and reporters watch on as the statue’s torso is slowly lifted out of the hole before being take away
The Ministry of Antiquities says the statue’s parts would be assembled at the Egyptian museum in central Cairo, where they would be pieced together and restored before being moved to the yet-to-open Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids.
Ramses the Great was the most powerful and celebrated ruler of ancient Egypt.
Known by his successors as the ‘Great Ancestor’, he led several military expeditions and expanded the Egyptian Empire to stretch from Syria in the east to Nubia in the south.
He was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and ruled from 1279 to 1213 BCE.
‘Last Tuesday they called me to announce the big discovery of a colossus of a king, most probably Ramses II, made out of quartzite,’ Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani told Reuters on Thursday at the site of the statue’s unveiling.
‘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.
Just days ago, archaeologists, officials, local residents, and members of the news media looked on as a massive forklift pulled the statue’s head out of the water
The joint Egyptian-German expedition, which included the University of Leipzig, also found the upper part of a life-sized limestone statue of Pharaoh Seti II, Ramses II’s grandson, which is 80 centimetres long……more here
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