An Egyptian farmer’s chance find led archaeologists to two colossal statues of Ramses II.

He uncovered a carved stone block while working land in front of his home.

The site is Behbeit El Hagar, a village in Gharbia province north of Cairo.

He reported it to officials, and the Supreme Council of Antiquities launched a rescue dig.

The first major find was a colossal head of Ramses II, about 1.6 metres tall.

The king wears the double crown symbolising the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

A back pillar fragment carries his Horus name, “Hor Ka Nakht Mery Maat.”

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