"RAMSES II"

#2548601

10 March 2018

Egyptian workers restore a giant granite statue of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The statue was built almost 3,000 years ago to be displayed at Ptah Temple in old Memphis (present day Mit Rahina in Giza). It was moved in 1955 to Bab al-Hadid Square near Cairo's train station, now known as Ramses Square. In 2006, former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni decided to move the statue from the Ramses Square to protect it from pollution, to the then under construction headquarters of the GEM. After restoration it will be moved to its final resting place at the Atrium of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

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#2548603

10 March 2018

Egyptian workers restore a giant granite statue of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The statue was built almost 3,000 years ago to be displayed at Ptah Temple in old Memphis (present day Mit Rahina in Giza). It was moved in 1955 to Bab al-Hadid Square near Cairo's train station, now known as Ramses Square. In 2006, former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni decided to move the statue from the Ramses Square to protect it from pollution, to the then under construction headquarters of the GEM. After restoration it will be moved to its final resting place at the Atrium of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

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#2548606

10 March 2018

Egyptian workers restore a giant granite statue of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The statue was built almost 3,000 years ago to be displayed at Ptah Temple in old Memphis (present day Mit Rahina in Giza). It was moved in 1955 to Bab al-Hadid Square near Cairo's train station, now known as Ramses Square. In 2006, former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni decided to move the statue from the Ramses Square to protect it from pollution, to the then under construction headquarters of the GEM. After restoration it will be moved to its final resting place at the Atrium of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

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#2548610

10 March 2018

Egyptian workers restore a giant granite statue of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The statue was built almost 3,000 years ago to be displayed at Ptah Temple in old Memphis (present day Mit Rahina in Giza). It was moved in 1955 to Bab al-Hadid Square near Cairo's train station, now known as Ramses Square. In 2006, former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni decided to move the statue from the Ramses Square to protect it from pollution, to the then under construction headquarters of the GEM. After restoration it will be moved to its final resting place at the Atrium of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

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#2548614

10 March 2018

Egyptian workers restore a giant granite statue of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The statue was built almost 3,000 years ago to be displayed at Ptah Temple in old Memphis (present day Mit Rahina in Giza). It was moved in 1955 to Bab al-Hadid Square near Cairo's train station, now known as Ramses Square. In 2006, former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni decided to move the statue from the Ramses Square to protect it from pollution, to the then under construction headquarters of the GEM. After restoration it will be moved to its final resting place at the Atrium of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

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#2548619

10 March 2018

Egyptian workers restore a giant granite statue of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The statue was built almost 3,000 years ago to be displayed at Ptah Temple in old Memphis (present day Mit Rahina in Giza). It was moved in 1955 to Bab al-Hadid Square near Cairo's train station, now known as Ramses Square. In 2006, former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni decided to move the statue from the Ramses Square to protect it from pollution, to the then under construction headquarters of the GEM. After restoration it will be moved to its final resting place at the Atrium of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

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#2548536

10 March 2018

Pillar of Merneptah, son of Ramesses II, is being transported by Ministry of State for Antiquities to Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt on March 10, 2018. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548542

10 March 2018

Members of the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Centre inspect the column of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh King Merenptah after being transported to its permanent display spot next to the colossus of his father, Pharaoh King Ramses II, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548548

10 March 2018

Members of the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Centre inspect the column of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh King Merenptah after being transported to its permanent display spot next to the colossus of his father, Pharaoh King Ramses II, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548409

10 March 2018

The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. King Merneptah (13th century B.C.) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and a son of Pharaoh Ramses II. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548410

10 March 2018

The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. King Merneptah (13th century B.C.) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and a son of Pharaoh Ramses II. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548411

10 March 2018

The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. King Merneptah (13th century B.C.) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and a son of Pharaoh Ramses II. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548452

10 March 2018

The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. King Merneptah (13th century B.C.) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and a son of Pharaoh Ramses II. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548454

10 March 2018

The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. King Merneptah (13th century B.C.) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and a son of Pharaoh Ramses II. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548458

10 March 2018

The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. King Merneptah (13th century B.C.) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and a son of Pharaoh Ramses II. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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#2548464

10 March 2018

The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 10 March 2018. King Merneptah (13th century B.C.) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and a son of Pharaoh Ramses II. The column was discovered in 1970 inside a Meneptah temple at Matariya archaeological site, east to Arab Al-Hesn area. It weighs 17 tones and is 5,60meters tall. In 2008 it was trasported to the Salaheddin Citadel for conservation and restoration as the residential area around it was suffering of high levels of subterranean water. Now it is to be put on display in the atrium at the GEM main entrance gate next to the colossus of his father King Ramses II.

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