Egypt Unveils Giant Statue of God Horus in Luxor

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission led by German Egyptologist Horig Sourouzian has uncovered a huge statue of the ancient Egyptian God Horus, lord of the sun and patron deity of kingship, on the West Bank of Luxor. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement on Thursday, 19th December 2019.

“The mission found big part of the statue during the excavations work among the ruins of the Funerary Temple of Amenhotep III, also known as the Temple of Millions of Years in Kom El Hitan” said Fathi Yassin, Director General of West Bank Antiquities in Luxor.

The 1.85-meters-long statue was made of granodiorite, featuring the God Horus standing in the form of a falcon with no legs and broken arms, and wearing the divine pleated kilt held around the waist with a horizontally pleated belt, said Yassin. The newly-discovered statue is in a good condition, according to Sourouzian, head of the archaeological mission.

“It is of great artistic, scientific and archaeological value that will contribute to showing a full picture for the Temple of King Amenhotep III after it had been destroyed in an earthquake that occurred in the 28th century BC” she added.

The mission also uncovered the lower part of a seated goddess and the head of a god, both in granodiorite. The god is wearing a tripartite wig, and a wide collar adorns his chest.