4,500 Newly Discovered Fragments Help Piece Together Massive Psamtik I Statue
The pieces gave researchers a better idea of the size and shape of the colossus
By Julissa Treviño
smithsonian.com
2 hours ago
In March 2017, part of an ancient colossus was uncovered in the northeast Cairo neighborhood that was once the ancient city of Heliopolis. Though it was originally believed to depict Ramses II, antiquities minister Khaled Al-Anani later announced that hieroglyphics indicated it was likely of Psamtik I, a lesser-known pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 664 to 610 B.C.
Now, as Nevine El-Aref of the state-owned outlet Ahram Online reports, researchers at a Egyptian-German excavation have puzzled together new information about the statue after discovering 4,500 more of its fragments.
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