The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has announced a rare archeological discovery of a statue of King Ramses II in the form of "Elka".
The ministry said that this statue was discovered during excavations that began last Wednesday inside a piece of land owned by a citizen near the temple of the god Ptah in the Mitt Rahina area in Giza Governorate, noting that this citizen had been arrested early this month, stealthily dressed inside the piece of land and revealed Huge archaeological blocks immersed in groundwater.
The Ministry, on its Facebook page, quoted the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, that "the archaeological rescue mission discovered the upper part of a rare statue of the pink granite of King Ramses II in the form of (Alka / symbol of strength, vitality and spirit)," stressing that this disclosure is considered to be The rarest archaeological discoveries, as this statue is the first statue of the (aka) granite to be unveiled, as the only statue / (the (aka)) that was previously found made of wood for one of the thirteenth dynasty kings called "O Ib Ra Ra Hoor" "which is currently on display In the Egyptian Museum of Editing (in Cairo) ".
The ministry pointed out that the height of the discovered part of the statue is 105 cm, width 55 cm, and 45 cm thick, with the head marked "Elka", and its back pillar of King Ramses is inscribed on the name of the king Ramses as "Nakht Mari Maat" meaning "strong bull loved Maat."
The statue and the rest of the blocks discovered by the rescue excavations were transferred to the open museum in Mit, hostage to undergo the restoration work needed to preserve it.