CAIRO, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian-German archaeological mission has uncovered a huge statue of ancient Egyptian King Horus on the West Bank of Luxor province, the country's antiquities ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"The mission found big part of the statue during the excavations work in the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep III in Kom El-Hitan site," said Fathi Yassin, director-general of West Bank Antiquities in Luxor.
The 1.85-m-long statue was made of black granite, featuring King Horus standing in the form of a falcon with no legs and broken arms, said Yassin.
The newly-discovered statue is in a good condition, according to Sourouzian, head of the archaeological mission.
"It is of great artistic, scientific and archaeological value that will contribute to showing a full picture for the Temple of King Amenhotep III after it had been destroyed in an earthquake that occurred in the 28th century B.C.," she added.
Egypt has witnessed several big archeological discoveries this year in different parts of the country, including Pharaonic tombs, statues, coffins and mummies.
