BIG STATUE OF AMENHOTEP III DISCOVERED IN LUXOR

From: Info-Prod Research (Middle East) | Date: March 23, 2008 | Copyright information

A big statue of King Amenhotep III has been discovered by an Egyptian-German archeological mission in Luxor, said an Egyptian official on Friday 21/2/2008. The mission succeeded in collecting 100 pieces of another statue of Amenhotep III, Luxor Antiquities Director Mansour Borayek said. Led by Egyptologist Horig Sourouzian, the mission unearthed two ...

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