It is believed to be the statue of pharaoh Psamtek I, who ruled Egyptbetween the 664-610 B.C., according to Antiquities Minister Khaled el - Anani.Mr El-Anani spoke against the famous Egyptian Museum in the heart of Cairo, a few meters from the parts of the statue, as a partial head and torso.
It is transported from the site of the Museum early Thursday. It was probably the statue of Ramsés II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. On Monday, the statue was photographed dragged from amuddy ditch. When they thought that it was Ramsés II, experts said that it is 'one of the most important discoveries in the history' of a muddy ditch. Experts descended in the District of Souq al - Khamis of the capital Cairo and used a crane to lift the torso of three tons of the statue. The discovery was made near the ruins of the Temple of Ramsés II in the ancient city of Heliopolis.
The first part of the Colossus - a large part of the head - was raised Thursday.Who is Psamtek I? Psamtek ruled Egypt for the last period, between the 664-332 BC.
He defeated other 11 corulers to become the leader of Egypt, at 663. When he became Pharaoh, Egypt was still in control of the Assyrian Empire, but managed to free the country within a decade of Government. His throne name was Wah-ib-re, which means 'constant is the heart of Re'. Psamtek spent the last four decades of his reign consolidating the power of Egypt and animated Greeks to settle in the country. While I hated the Assyrian Empire, he joined with them when the Babylonian Empire became an established power. The Ministry of Antiquities says that assemble the pieces of the statue in the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo, where is rebuilt and restored before being transferred to the yet-to-open Museum Egyptian near the pyramids ofGiza. 'Last Tuesday I was called to announce the discovery of a colossus of a King, probably Ramsés II, made of quartzite,' Antiquities Minister Khaled al - Anani told Reuters on Thursday at the site of the inauguration of the statue. "we found the bust of the statue and the lower part of the head and now remove the head and we find the Crownand right ear and a fragment of the right eye,' Anani said." Just daysago, archaeologists, officials, residents and members of the press, seen as a huge hoist pulled the head of the statue of the issuance of egipcio-aleman common waterThe, which included the University of Leipzig, also found the top of a life-size statue of Pharaoh Seti II, grandson of Ramsés II, which is 80 cm long limestone. WHAT YOU ARE? Archaeologists in a suburb of Cairo - once the site of the ancient capitalof Heliopolis - found two pharaonic statues of 3000 years. The statues are believed that they represent the 19 dynasty Pharaohs. A statuestands 26 feet (8 meters) high and is carved in quartzite - a stone hard composed mainly of Quartz.
It could not be identified from his prints, but found at the entrance of the Temple of King Ramsés II, also known as Ramses the Great.The than another relic is a statue of limestone of ruler of the 12th centuryBC King Seti II. The discovery of the two statues demonstrates the importance of the city of Heliopolis, which was dedicated to the cult ofRA. What you know about HELIOPOLIS?
Archaeologists found the statue in the District of Mattarya, which is the site of the ancient capital of Heliopolis.The ruins of Heliopolis, meaning "Sun City" in ancient Greek, are found in the north eastern partof Cairo.The today's Sun Temple at Heliopolis was founded by Ramsés II, which increases the likelihood that the statue is it. Egyptians believed that Heliopolis was the place where the life of the God of the Sun, which means that it was outside the limits of any Royal residences. He was one of the largest temples in Egypt, almost twice the size of Karnak in Luxor, but it was destroyed in the Greco-Roman era. Many of their obelisks were moved to Alexandria or Europe and stones fromthe site were looted and used for the construction of the Cairo development. The Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis was founded by Ramsés II. He was one of the largest temples in Egypt, almost twice the sizeof Karnak in Luxor, but it was destroyed in the Greco-Roman era. Many of their obelisks were moved to Alexandria or Europe and stones from the site were looted and used for the construction of the Cairo development. Experts will now try to remove the remaining parts of both statues before restoring. If you have success and the Colossus it is shown that they represent Ramsés II, it will be moved to the entrance of the great Egyptian Museum, located in 2018.The discovery was made in the area of the working class Matariya, unfinished buildings and roads of mud. Dietrich Raue, head of the expedition team, said that the ancient Egyptians considered Heliopolis was the place where lives the God of the Sun, which means that it was outside the limits of any residences real.' the Dios Sol created the world at Heliopolis, in Matariya. That's what I always say to people here when they say something important. According to the Pharaonicbelief, the world was created in Matariya,' said Raue.' that means thateverything had to be built here. Statues, temples, obelisks, all. But... the King never lived in Matariya, because he was the God of the Sun be here.' the finding could be a boon to the tourism industry in Egypt,which has suffered many setbacks since the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, but remains a vital source of foreign currency. The number of tourists visiting Egypt dropped to 9.8 million in 2011 more than 14.7 million in 2010.A attack which brought downa Russian plane with 224 more arrived people from a town in the RedSea in October 2015, which dropped to 1.2 million in the first quarterof 2016 from 2.2 million a year before the coup.
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