3000 Year Old Statue Unearthed In Cairo, Egypt

3000 Year Old Statue Unearthed In Cairo, Egypt

by | Mar 11, 2017 | Africa, Culture, News

On Thursday, a team of archaeologists discovered a 8 meter, 3,000-year-old statue thought to depict Ramses II from Matariya, greater Cairo. Matariya was once known as Heliopolis and was the cult center for the sun god. The dig began in 2012 with a German-Egyptian team...