The
discovery of the statue was made by the European-Egyptian mission, working
under the umbrella of the German Archaeological Institute. Written By/ Nevine
El-Aref.
A
unique statue, possibly of Queen Tiye, the wife of King Amenhotep III and
grandmother of King Tutankhamun, has been unearthed at her husband's funerary
temple in Kom El-Hittan on Luxor's west bank.
The exciting find was made by the
European-Egyptian mission, working under the umbrella of the German
Archaeological Institute.
Minister
of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany who visited the site to inspect the discovery,
described the staute as "unique and distinghuised".
He told Ahram
Online that no alabaster statues of Queen Tiye have been found before now.
"All
previous statues of her unearthed in the temple were carved of quartzite,"
he said.
Hourig
Sourouzian, head of the mission said that the statue is very well preserved and
has kept is colours well.
She said the statue was founded accidentally while
archaeologists were lifting up the lower part of a statue of king Amenhotep III
that was buried in the sand.
"The
Queen Tiye statue appeared beside the left leg of the King Amenhotep III
statue," Sourouzian said. She added that the statue will be the subject of
restoration work.
Nice post, Ancient Egyptians is so intelligent and hard workers. Egypt is a real and beautiful place, where they played and lived after they died. So that human or an animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by them. Egyptian Statues are so beautiful. It refers art, culture and history of Egypt. There are so many tourist places to visit in Egypt. Before 2 years ago I had visited that place through a well known travel agency company. After visited I got important information about Egypt culture.
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