Colossal 3,000-year-old statue unearthed from pit

A team of archaeologists has discovered a giant 3,000-year-old statue thought to depict Ramses II, in what the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is describing as “one of [its] most important archaeological discoveries.” Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany began removing the quartzite statue – estimated to stand 30 feet tall – from the ground in Matariya, […]

A team of archaeologists has discovered a giant 3,000-year-old statue thought to depict Ramses II, in what the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is describing as “one of [its] most important archaeological discoveries.”
Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany began removing the quartzite statue – estimated to stand 30 feet tall – from the ground in Matariya, greater Cairo, in front of state representatives and media crews.
The find comes at the end of a dig that began in 2012, says Dietrich Raue from the University of Leipzig, who heads the German team of archaeologists involved in the excavation.