Thursday, 31 December 2015

Statue of Amenhotep III recovered near Edfu




A black granite statue of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III has been recovered during a police operation to recover weapons and drugs at Al-Nakhi in Egypt (Archaeology magazine).

Further details can be found at ahramonline (Nevine El-Ahref, "King Amenhotep III statue accidently recovered in Edfu", December 31, 2015).

Amenhotep III statue.
Source: ahramonline


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