Archaeologists find top half of giant Ramesses II statue, completing a century-long puzzle

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Archaeologists find top half of giant Ramesses II statue, completing a century-long puzzle
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The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been discovered near the ancient city of Hermopolis , about 155 miles south of Cairo.

The lower part of the statue was found in 1930 by German archaeologist Günther Roeder. The original statue, when the lower and upper parts were together, would have stood about 23 feet tall, the statement said.During the reign of Ramesses II, during the 19th dynasty, Egypt was a vast empire that extended roughly from modern-day Sudan to Syria.

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