Largest Statue of Thoth Yet Discovered

There has been a LOT of press out of Egypt and about discoveries in Egypt the last six weeks or so - just amazing.  Zahi is on a real blitzkrieg.  Wonder why.  It couldn't have anything to do with those anti-Jewish comments he made -- well, whatever.  He's doing a good job for Egypt, and I will not discount that.

I honestly cannot tell if this news release is a rehash of recent news or if it is news of totally new discoveries.  The information about the red granite statue of Thoth, though, is news to me!

Statue of King Tut's grandfather unearthed
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Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two red granite statues in Luxor, including one of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III, who reigned about 3,350 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief said.

The second statue was of the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom Thoth, Zahi Hawass said. At four metres high, it is one of the biggest statues of the deity yet discovered.

The statues, both more than 3,000 years old, were found at the funerary temple of Amenhotep III in Kom el-Hetan on Luxor's west bank.

Last month scientists said DNA tests and CT scans on a number of mummies indicated teenage King Tutankhamun was born of an incestuous marriage between Akhenaten and his sister, both the offspring of Amenhotep III.

Some of ancient Egypt's biggest monuments were constructed during the reign of Amenhotep III during the 18th Dynasty.

The pharaoh's funerary temple, the largest religious complex in ancient Egypt, was destroyed by floods.

The Colossi of Memnon, two stone statues of the pharaoh reaching 18 metres high, are all that remain of the complex.

-Reuters