Statue found in slum of pharaoh ruler

ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Egypt have discovered a massive statue in a Cairo slum that is thought to be of Pharaoh Ramses II, one of the country’s most famous ancient rulers.

The colossus, whose head was pulled from mud and groundwater by a bulldozer, is about 26ft high and was discovered by a German-Egyptian team.

Ramses II ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago and was a great builder whose effigy can be seen at a string of archaeologiratory, cal sites across the country. Massive statues of the warrior-king can be seen in Luxor, while his most famous monument is in Abu Simbel, near Sudan.

Egyptologist Khaled Nabil Osman said the statue was an “impressive find”.