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Photo Pages: Palace of Amenhotep III - Ancient Palace in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South)
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Head of Statue of Amenhotep III Found Intact (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Tuesday, 02 March 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | Massive head of pharaoh sculpture unearthed in Egyptian archaeological dig
Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a massive red granite head of one Egypt's most famous pharaohs, who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago.
The head of Amenhotep III, which alone stands 2.5 metres tall, was dug out of the ruins of the pharaoh's mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor's Valley of the Kings, where more than 60 Pharaohs were buried.
The leader of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities expedition that discovered the head described it as the best preserved sculpture of Amenhotep III's face found to date.
'Other statues have always had something broken: the tip of the nose, the face is eroded,' Dr Hourig Sourouzian, who has led the led the decade-long expedition at the site, said. 'But here, from the tip of the crown to the chin, it is so beautifully carved and polished, nothing is broken.'
The head is part of a larger statue found several years ago. Sourouzian said the ceremonial beard will soon be re-connected with the head.
Amenhotep III, who was the grandfather of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, ruled from 1387-1348 BC at the height of Egypt's New Kingdom and presided over an empire stretching from Nubia in the south to Syria in the north.
Dr Sourouzian said the pharaoh was famous for leading Egypt at the peak of its ancient civilization, when peace and luxury were prevalent throughout the kingdom.
Craftsmen were also honing their artistic techniques during the period, which may explain the symmetrical features of the unearthed head.
Amenhotep III's massive mortuary temple was largely destroyed, possibly by floods, and little remains of its walls.
Read more and see the images:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1254539/Massive-head-pharaoh-unearthed-Egypt.html#ixzz0gtVTOCbj
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