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Ramesses II Statue Fragment Discovered
March 18 , 2026
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- Archaeologists discovered the missing upper fragment of a 3,200-year-old statue of Ramesses II in Hermopolis Magna, Minya Governorate, Egypt.
- The statue fragment was found at El Ashmunein, the modern site of the ancient city Hermopolis Magna, about 241 kilometres south of Cairo.
- The newly discovered limestone fragment is 3.8 metres tall, and when joined with the lower part found in 1930, the statue will be about 7 metres high.
- The statue shows Pharaoh Ramesses II wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
- Ramesses II ruled Ancient Egypt from 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom.
- Hermopolis Magna was an ancient religious centre dedicated to Thoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom, writing and knowledge.
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