[SunkenCiv]

A section of a limestone statue of Ramses II unearthed by an Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission in El Ashmunein, south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt in this handout image released on March 4, 2024.

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS

[Sacajaweau]

impressive

[BipolarBob]

Amazing! He hasn’t aged a bit.

[Vendome]

I would think with LIDAR and all that they would uncover all kinds of stuff not previously seen by the naked eye these last couple Millenia...

[Vendome]

I would think with LIDAR and all that they would uncover all kinds of stuff not previously seen by the naked eye these last couple Millenia...

[moovova]

Whoa.

[montag813]

"His God....is God"

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Ramses the Second Is Dead My Love - The Fugs

[Ezekiel]

New York Post
Founded November 16, 1801

I looked that up because

Studies have confirmed that the upper part of the statue is a match for the lower section discovered by German archaeologist Gunther Roeder in 1930

The headline of the day obviously goes back far:

Headless Pharaoh in Topless Bar

Whatever happened to that guy, anyway?

"I leave message here on service, but you do not call."

[Sirius Lee]

I wonder why it would have looked like all painted up back in the day.

[Hot Tabasco]

How do all those archeological sites get buried so deep?

[teeman8r]

phew. that section... it could have been a little bit embarrassing if it were another section...

[PLMerite]

“Also known as Ramses the Great...”

Also known as Ramses Tha God...”