Massive pharaoh head unearthed in Egypt - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 PST (The Spokesman-Review)

1 March 2010, 12:28 am

CAIRO – Archaeologists have unearthed a massive red granite head of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Sunday. The head of Amenhotep III, which alone is about the height of a person, was dug out of the ruins of the pharaoh’s mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor.... Read More »

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