In Egypt, restored the statue of the Pharaoh Ramesses the Great, weighing about 30 tons
CAIRO, July 29. /Offset. TASS Alexander Elistratov/. A statue of one of the most powerful rulers of Ancient Egypt — Ramesses II the Great (reign: 1279 — 1213 BC), which weighs about 30 tons, restored in the historical-archaeological region of San al-Hagar, located in the Egyptian province of sharqiya in the Eastern part of the Delta of the river Nile.
The restoration of a giant monument was held under the patronage of the Ministry of antiquities in the framework of the development of San al-Hagar and turning the area into a Museum under the open sky.
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As told reporters the Secretary-General of the Council of the Ministry Mustafa Vaziri, “multi-ton statue of the Pharaoh was discovered in the late XIX century.” “Then the archaeologists gathered in one place all the pieces of the broken statues and left them on the floor of the main temple,” he explained. Until the full restoration of the monument from the experts yet it almost 150 years later.
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Statue of Ramses II carved out of pink granite, its height is 6.5 m To install the equipment needed to build a special Foundation that will keep the monument in balance irrespective of changes of the groundwater level. To perform these works employed an experienced team of Upper Egypt, which in April this year, has already set a 12-foot statue of the Pharaoh at Luxor temple.
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Pharaoh Ramses II the Great of the nineteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom had been on the throne for over 65 years — one of the longest periods of governance in the history of civilization. He left behind about two hundred children. Successful leader, he is however more known for the fact that concluded the first ever peace Treaty with one of the warring neighboring tribes — the Hittites.
In San al-Hagari to our days the ruins of several temples and Palace buildings of the ancient Egyptian city of Tanis. According to biblical tradition, it was founded just seven years later, one of the oldest cities on earth, Hebron. Tanis was the centre of the 19th nome of Lower Egypt and the capital of the ancient state during the reign XXI — XXIII dynasty of pharaohs.