Dubbed the Great, for having built more temples and monuments than any other pharaoh, Ramses II was also behind one of the oldest peace treaties in the history of the world. In 1257 BCE, Pharaoh Ramses II (1279-13 BCE) had two temples carved out of solid rock at a site on the west bank of the Nile south of Aswan in the land of. which was the second longest reign in Ancient Egyptian history. Ramses the Great - also known as Ramses II - was the third king of the 19th dynasty, and ruled Egypt between 1279 B.C. and 1213 B.C. The engravings found on the statue show the king accompanied by the ancient Egyptian gods Sobak and Horus which are the main Kom Ombo temple gods. The head, which was found at the rear of the temple under the passageway which surrounds it, still retains some of its original red and yellow hues. They were erected on the orders of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 12th century BC, with colossal monuments of the ruler, which showed the power of Egypt to the visitors from Nubia.
The statue is a representation of King Ramses the Great in the Azurian pose, with his hands intersected over his chest while holding an ankh, according to the head of the central administration of Upper Egypt, Mohamed Abdel Badea. The artifact - which was discovered during a treatment project for underground water leakage - is believed to be seven meters high. In Nubia (Nilotic Sudan) he constructed no fewer than six temples, of which the two carved out of a cliffside at Abu Simbel, with their four colossal statues of the king, are the most magnificent and the best known. In the latest in a string of exciting archaeological finds all over Egypt, parts of a mural sandstone statue representing the famous Egyptian pharaoh, Ramses the Great, was found in Kom Ombo Temple, Aswan last Tuesday, as reported the Daily Mail.
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