Eight blocks of one of
Ramses II's obelisks arrived in Cairo on Friday, August 30 - ministry of antiquities Facebook page.
Mechanical, engineering, and plumbing works at the museum -- which includes a main building; a main square; and the Ramses hall, featuring the 3,200-year-old statue of King
Ramses II, weighing 75 tonnes -- currently stands at 84%.
He added that the entrance hall, which houses the statue of King
Ramses II, is 92% completed, while the great staircase is nearly finished, at 98% completion.
Officials came in for similar criticism last February with claims that concrete and iron had been used during restoration of the statue of Pharaoh
Ramses II. But Ahmed Badr Al-Amari, vice director of Luxor Temple, said at the time that only authorized materials were used.
Few days ago, the ministry also announced accidentally discovering an ancient palace belonging to
Ramses II, which was attached to his temple in Abydos, Sohag.
The author has correctly recognized that the central scenes in this busy composition were drawn from the heroic depiction of
Ramses II at the Battle of Qadesh.
The 18th dynasty dates back to the 13th century BC, a period noted for some of the most well-known pharaohs, including Tutankhamen and
Ramses II.
Within this mortuary temple of
Ramses II is this personification of one of the Egyptian nomes (provinces) presenting to the pharaoh, the bounty of her part of Egypt: bread, figs, pomegranetes and the hieroglyphs for 'life' and 'dominion'.
Summary: Merenptah joins father
Ramses II in gracing Grand Museum entrance near Pyramids
Pharaoh
Ramses II has arrived at the Grand Egyptian Museum, ready for the opening of one of the world's most anticipated exhibits of antiquities.
Egypt moved an 83-tonne, 3,200-year-old statue of King
Ramses II to the atrium of Cairo's new Grand Egyptian Museum on Thursday in a complex operation undertaken by army engineers and specialist contractors.
Ramses II - king of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments