[FairOpinion]

**FILE PHOTO** A guard stands at the entrance of the museum where a colossal statue of Ramses II, who ruled Egypt 3000 years ago, lies in the city of Memphis, Egypt July 31, 1997. Statues weighing up to five tonnes and thought to be of one of ancient Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Ramses II, have been found northeast of Cairo, Egypt's Supreme Antiquities Council said in a statement on Sunday.(AP Photo/Enric Marti)

Note this is FILE photo, but this is what accompanied the article. I guess there are no pictures posted yet of the latest find.

I would like to see the pictures of the latest, not to mention seeing them in real life.

[FairOpinion]

GGG PING

[FairOpinion]

Another article:


Ancient Sun Temple Uncovered in Cairo


CAIRO, Egypt - Archaeologists discovered a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo, Egypt's antiquities chief said Sunday.

The partially uncovered site is the largest sun temple ever found in the capital's Aim Shams and Matariya districts, where the ancient city of Heliopolis — the center of pharaonic sun worship — was located, Zahi Hawass told The Associated Press.

Among the artifacts was a pink granite statue weighing 4 to 5 tons whose features "resemble those of Ramses II," said Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Also found was a 5-foot-high statue of a seated figure with hieroglyphics that include three cartouches with the name of Ramses II, and a 3-ton head of royal statue, the council said in a statement.

The green pavement stones of the temple's floor were also uncovered.

An Egyptian team working in cooperation with the German Archaeological Mission in Egypt discovered the site under the Souq al-Khamis, a popular market in eastern Cairo, Hawass said.

"The market has to be removed" as archeologists excavate the entire site, Hawass said. "Other significant discoveries might be waiting to be excavated now, and compensation will be paid to the shop owners."

"We are planning to make the whole area as a tourists and archaeological site, maybe after two years," he said.

King Ramses II, who ruled Egypt for 66 years from 1270 to 1213 B.C., had erected monuments up and down the Nile with records of his achievements, as well as building temples — including Abu Simbel, erected near what is now Egypt's southern border.

Numerous temples to Egypt's sun gods — particularly the chief god Ra — were built in ancient Heliopolis. But little remains of what was once the ancient Egyptians' most sacred cities, since much of the stone used in the temples was later plundered.

The area is now covered with residential neighborhoods, close to a modern district called Heliopolis, in Egypt's packed capital.







http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060226/ap_on_sc/egypt_sun_temple;_ylt=AgBkOIL57YKggym0nY3bdZOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-

[socal_parrot]

Looks nothing like him...

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The G'ould just called-they want their stuff back!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks FairOpinion. Pingin'. In profile, and to my nonspecialist eye, that particular statue doesn't look that much like Ramses II, so I'd suspect that it was one of his sons.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.

Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the
"Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list or GGG weekly digest
-- Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[SunkenCiv]

from the current special exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Museum:

http://www.grmuseum.org/exhibits/egypt2/gallery.swf

Click #4.

It's a colossal head of Sesostris, uh, II I think, from the Middle Kingdom, recarved slightly for reuse as a portrait of the do-nothing megalomaniac Ramses II.

[Dustbunny]

Fantastic !!!!

[SunkenCiv]

Ancient Sun Temple Uncovered in Cairo
By OMAR SINAN
Associated Press
Sun Feb 26, 5:03 PM ET