New discovery unearths statues of King Ramses II in Nile Delta

Archaeologists have uncovered royal artifacts dating to Ramses II’s reign in Behbeit al-Hagar, a village in Egypt’s Gharbiya Governorate. The finds include fragments of two monumental statues and shed further light on the New Kingdom’s footprint in the Nile Delta. The discovery adds to knowledge of Egypt’s ancient heritage, an important part of Africa’s cultural history.

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