Archaeologists discover missing half of Ramses II statue in Egypt

Almost a century ago, the remaining part of the statue depicting Ramses II, one of the most important rulers of ancient Egypt, was discovered in the same place.

The upper half of a statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II has been discovered by archaeologists in southern Egypt.

Discovered at the site of El Ashmunein, the 12.5-meter-long limestone fragment was recovered by a collaborative effort between Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of Colorado, led by Bassem Gehad and Ivonna Trnka.

The statue depicts the head, shoulders and upper torso of King Ramses II, also known as Ramses the Great, adorned with a double crown and a cobra-tipped royal headdress (an uraeus).

Further investigation revealed that the limestone section complements a lower section discovered by German archaeologist Gunther Roeder almost a century ago in 1930.

Efforts are underway to clean and prepare the statues for a possible reunion display.

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