<iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-W45DVRF" height="0" width="0" style="display: none; visibility: hidden"></iframe> Wednesday, 20 May 2026 French | عربي Home EgyptEgypt Home Politics Society Courts & Law Foreign Affairs Health Urban & Transport Defence Tourism War on Gaza BusinessBusiness Home Economy Markets & Companies Energy Tech Opinion WorldWorld Home Region International Africa War in Ukraine War in Sudan Arts & CultureArts & Culture Home Screens Music Visual Art Stage & Street SportsSports Home Egyptian Football Talents Abroad World National Teams Africa Omni sports Multimedia Life & StyleLife & Style Home Style Health Food City Lights AntiquitiesAntiquities Home Ancient Egypt Greco-Roman Coptic Islamic Museums BooksBooks Home Reviews News HeritageHeritage Home Walks Folk Arts Heritage special Photo Heritage Inspiring Minds Multimedia Al-Ahram WeeklyAl-Ahram Weekly Home Egypt Economy World Opinion Culture Limelight Heritage Features Focus Living Sufra Dayma Entre nous Autos Travel Interviews Special Nakba remembered Art Cinema Exhibitions Lectures Theater Music and dance Sports COP27 An unidentified royal statue head found in Luxor Nevine El-Aref , Thursday 26 Dec 2013 A black granite head of an unidentified New Kingdom king's statue has been uncovered in Luxor The Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission unearthed on Thursday a large granite head of a statue of an unidentified New Kingdom king during routine excavation at King Thutmose III’s funerary temple on Luxor’s west bank. Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Section at the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA), explained that the head is 29.6cm high, 24.3cm wide and 26.9cm deep. The head depicts a round face of a royal figure, not identified yet, wearing a wig, with traces of a broken nose, and two long ears that each reach 8cm. The eyes, he continued, have traces of kohl, with thick eyebrows. Abdel-Maqsoud said that the head was found buried in sand in a pit on the northern side of the second court of the temple. Studies are underway in an attempt to determine which New Kingdom king it belongs to. The temple of Thutmose III is a vey small temple located beside the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Al Deir Al-Bahari. It was first discovered in February 1962 during routine restoration work carried out by a Polish excavation mission of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology led by archaeologist Kazimierz Michalowski. 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