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Spectacular discoveries in Upper Egypt

By Ben Morales-Correa

The unearthing of a 12 foot (3.62 meters) high statue of Tiy, Great Royal Wife of 18th dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III, has been announced by Egyptian and European archaeologists working at the site of a mortuary temple long ago destroyed. Two sphinxes representing Tiy and Amenhotep III as well as 10 statues in black granite... »