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# Fragments of two colossal statues of Ramesses II found in the Nile Delta
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/mestnyi-zhitel-gubernatorstva-garbiia-v-delte-nila-obnaruzhil-na-svoiom-uchastke-granitnyi-blok-s-nadpisiu-i-soobshchil-ob-etom-vlastiam/
- Published: 2026-10-18T11:33:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-18T11:50:10.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Monarchies, Heritage

A local resident of the Gharbia Governorate in the Nile Delta discovered an inscribed granite block on his land and reported it to the authorities. Archaeologists began work at the site and found fragments of two colossal statues.

The first statue survives in the form of a head about one and a half metres long. It wears the double crown, which symbolised the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. On a fragment of the statue's back pillar is carved the inscription "Horus Ka-nakht Meri-Maat". This is the so-called Horus name of the pharaoh, one of several names in the official titulary of an Egyptian king. It can be translated as "Mighty Bull, Beloved of Maat", Maat being the goddess of truth and cosmic order. The name belonged to Ramesses II, one of the most powerful pharaohs of the New Kingdom, who reigned from about 1279 to 1213 BC.

The second statue is almost 2.4 metres long, but it has lost its legs and pedestal, and the headdress is damaged. The researchers believe that it too depicts Ramesses II.