Huge head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
A colossal head of red granite taken from one of the most famous
pharaoh of Egypt in the southern city of Luxor, officials said.
The 3000-year-old head of Amenhotep III – grandfather of Tutankhamun
dug – was on the ruins of the mortuary temple of Pharaoh.
Experts say it is the best preserved example of the person of the king
has not been found.
The 2.5 meters (8 feet) of the head is part of a larger statue found
most of them several years ago.
Antiquities officials say the statue should be restored.
On the other statues were always breaks something – the nose or the
person has been eroded, said Dr. Hourig Sourouzian that the Egyptian
campaign, conducted on the European stage.
But here, at the top of the hair on the chin, which is so beautifully
carved and polished, nothing is broken. Egyptian antiquities chief
Zachi chaos, has been described as a masterpiece of high artistic
quality.
Amenhotep III ruled Egypt from the 1387 to 1348 BC, and presided over a
vast empire extending from Nubia in southern Syria to the north.
Scientists using DNA testing and computed tomography for many mummies
have been recognized as the grandfather of Tutankhamun – the boy-king
of incestuous marriages between Akhenaten and his sister were born,
when the descendants of Amenhotep III.
A mass grave in Luxor temple has been destroyed to a large extent,
perhaps by flooding and a few walls.