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Ramesses II statues: one wore a double crown
The remains of two Ramesses II statues, one originally about twenty-eight feet tall, turned up with a villager in Egypt; the pharaoh remains hard to lose.
On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN OvernightPublished
Updated · aired 4 times
At a glance
- First reported by Live Science: “2 giant Ramesses II statues, one wearing a double crown, discovered by man in Egypt”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 12:53 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield; aired 4 times.
- Topics: Egypt.
- BBN covered this story before: Egypt's El Gouna film festival opens MENA fall season (October 15).
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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA villager in Egypt found two broken statues of Ramesses II, and one wears a double crown. So what actually happened?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLive Science says a man found the remains of two statues, and one would have stood around twenty-eight feet tall.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe double crown is the detail archaeologists will study.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwenty-eight feet. How does a villager miss that for three thousand years?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe statues are broken, and the reporting does not say how long they were buried or how he found them. Nobody knows yet.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDoes this affect me?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNot your rent or your commute. It adds to what we know about one of Egypt's best-known pharaohs, and that is all the data says.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, last one. Is a double crown like a premium tier?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is what experts will examine next, and for a man who built things to last forever, he was found by a villager.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRex, did anyone on your desk get a crown?
Also on air
The story so far
- Sudan gold mine air strike kills dozens near Egypt border · Al Jazeera
- Egypt's press union chief rejects pressure over detained journalists · Al Jazeera
- Egypt's El Gouna film festival opens MENA fall season · Deadline
- Ramesses II statues: one wore a double crown (this story)
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