Great finds.
Posted on 03/25/2008 11:13:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A big statue of King Amenhotep III has been discovered by an Egyptian-German archeological mission in Luxor, said an Egyptian official on Friday 21/2/2008.
The mission succeeded in collecting 100 pieces of another statue of Amenhotep III, Luxor Antiquities Director Mansour Borayek said.
Led by Egyptologist Horig Sourouzian, the mission unearthed two heads of Sphinx in addition to seven statues of goddess Sekhmet on the western bank in Luxor, he added.
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet was originally the warrior goddess of Upper Egypt.
She is depicted as a lioness. Amenhotep III was the ninth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.
He was the son of Thutmose IV by Mutemwia, a minor wife of Amenhotep's father.
(Excerpt) Read more at sis.gov.eg ...
| Statue of Pharaonic queen discovered in south Egypt (Queen Tiy, wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III) |
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03/22/2008 7:48:10 PM EDT · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 251+ views AP on Yahoo | 3/22/08 | AFPLUXOR, Egypt (AFP) - Egyptian and European archeologists on Saturday announced they had discovered a giant statue of an ancient pharaonic queen on the spectacular south Egypt site of the Colossi of Memnon. The statue represents Queen Tiy, the wife of 18th dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III, and stands 3.62 metres high (almost 12 feet). It was discovered around the site of the massive Colossi of Memnon twin statues that command the road to Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings. Two sphinx representing Tiy and Amenhotep III as well as 10 statues in black granite of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet, who... |
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Great finds.
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