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Egypt Says Ancient Colossus Pulled from Slum Likely Not Ramses

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A massive eight-meter statue discovered in the ground water of a Cairo slum this month is likely not a depiction of the revered Pharaoh Ramses II as first believed, Antiquities Minister Khaled Al-Anani said on Thursday. The colossus is instead thought to be of King Psammetich I, who ruled from 664 to 610 BC and, if confirmed, would be the largest statue of the Late Period ever discovered. Egyptian and German archaeologists found the statue in the working class area of Matariya among...

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