Archaeologists discover massive statues in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered two ancient statues
of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, dpa quoted
the Egyptian Antiquities Authority as announcing today.
One of the monolithic statues, carved from quartzite, depicts the
pharaoh as a sphinx, archaeologists said. The second statue, carved
from black granite, shows Amenhotep III in a seated position. They
were unearthed in front his mortuary temple near modern Luxor, the
site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes.
Amenhotep III (ca. 1379 - 1340 BC) left more images of himself
than any other pharaoh. Archaeologist Hourig Sourouzian has been
directing the excavation of Amenhotep III's mortuary temple, known in
modern times as Kom al-Hitan, for years.