CAIRO — The pharaonic statue that was discovered in a Cairo slum last week, believed to depict to Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt’s best known rulers, most likely is of a lesser-known pharaoh, the Egyptian authorities said on Thursday.
Khaled El-Enany, the Egyptian antiquities minister, said that the royal colossus found on March 7 in Matariya, an impoverished Cairo neighborhood, was probably a statue of Psamtik I.
The colossus bore a strong resemblance to Ramses II, one of the most influential figures of the ancient world, who was celebrated for architectural wonders and military conquests. During his long
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/17/so-many-pharaohs-a-possible-case-of-mistaken-identity-in-cairo/
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