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EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY/DISCOVERY

MARCH 5 2009 13:32h

Archaeologists Find Statues Of Ancient Egypt King

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Amenhotep III presided over an era which saw a renaissance in Egyptian art.

A team of Egyptian and European archaeologists have discovered two statues of King Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt roughly 3,400 years ago, the Supreme Council for Antiquities said on Thursday.

Chief Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawaas said in a statement the first statute was made of black granite, while the second depicts the king in the shape of a Sphinx, a figure with the head of a man and the body of a lion.

Amenhotep III presided over an era which saw a renaissance in Egyptian art. He was succeeded by his son Akhenaten, the sun-worshipping pharaoh credited by some for starting the world's first known monotheistic religion.

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