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New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:29 am
by Horus
Not sure if this video will work on here and the article is credited to Sky news
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/one-most-impo ... 00809.html
Re: New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:52 am
by newcastle
"The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry is calling the find, made near the ruins of Ramses II's temple in the ancient city of Heliopolis,
one of the most important discoveries ever."
A bit OTT methinks
It's been all over the news here.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent ... in-an.aspx
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Re: New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:10 am
by Horus
I agree it is a bit OTT, especially as many much better and intact statues of this Pharaoh exist elsewhere, unless of course the whole thing is still in the ground and they intend to put it all back together again.
Re: New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:11 pm
by Winged Isis
Re: New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:21 pm
by newcastle
Good to hear the statue is probably Psamtik I rather than Ramesses II.
Statues of Psamtik are rare whilst we have enough colossi of Ramesses II to fill a football stadium
Re: New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:34 pm
by Horus
I was thinking the same as you Newcastle
we could do with a few new ones, after all old Ramesses was quite prolific, in more ways than one
Re: New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:04 am
by Brian Yare
Probably usurped from Ramesses II, who may have usurped it from Amenhotep III. I hope that they recover the base, where there are probably more inscriptions.
Re: New statue found in Cairo Slum area
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:35 pm
by Horus
I hope that they recover the base, where there are probably more inscriptions.
Usually under the foot