Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt

Egypt’s Culture Ministry says a team of Egyptian and
European archaeologists has unearthed a large head
made of red granite of an ancient pharaoh who ruled
Egypt some 3,400 years ago. A ministry statement Sunday said the team discovered the head of Amenhotep III wearing the
traditional white crown of the southern kingdom
buried in the pharaoh’s mortuary temple on the west
bank of the Nile in the southern city of Luxor.
Head of the team, German-Armenian Egyptologist
Hourig Sourouzian, said the head is part of a huge
statue of Amenhotep discovered last year. The head
is still missing part of the ceremonial beard which she
thinks is still under the sand. Two statues of Amenhotep made of black granite were found in March in the same temple. (AP)