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Egypt unearths statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather

Archaeologists have unearthed the upper part of a statue of a powerful pharaoh who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, Egypt's Ministry of Culture has announced.

A ministry statement said the team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered the 4-foot by 3-foot statue of Amenhotep III in Kom el-Hittan, the site of the pharaoh's mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor.

The temple is one of the largest on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor....
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)