A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists have found five heads of royal statues from the pharaonic era, officials from the antiquities ministry said on Saturday.
"The heads, which had crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt and were made from limestone, were discovered" south of Luxor, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said in a statement.
The head of the department of pharaonic antiquities, Mohammed Abdel Maqsud, said the heads measured 50 centimetres (20 inches) across and are estimated to be around 4,000 years old.
He said experts were studying them to determine if they belonged to decapitated statues found in the same location several years ago
Source: http://www.france24.com/en/20131116-fiv ... ound-egypt
Five pharaonic statue heads found in Egypt
Moderators: DJKeefy, 4u Network
- DJKeefy
- Site Administrator
- Posts: 11025
- Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:08 pm
- Location: UK
- Has thanked: 654 times
- Been thanked: 1222 times
- Gender:
- Contact:
- Brian Yare
- Royal V.I.P
- Posts: 2566
- Joined: Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:11 pm
- Location: Worcester, UK
- Has thanked: 720 times
- Been thanked: 647 times
- Gender:
- Contact:
Re: Five pharaonic statue heads found in Egypt
The location was Armant, West of Luxor, according to other reports.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 2 Replies
- 496 Views
-
Last post by JOJO
-
- 13 Replies
- 1304 Views
-
Last post by BBLUX
-
- 7 Replies
- 629 Views
-
Last post by Horus
-
- 7 Replies
- 545 Views
-
Last post by Bullet Magnet
-
- 1 Replies
- 237 Views
-
Last post by Clandestino