Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Reder. Basem Jihad, head of the Egyptian delegation, clarifies that the discovered part of the statue is about 3.8 meters tall. It depicts Ramesses II wearing a double crown with a uraeus.

Ask the ancient Egyptians, and they'd tell you about Wadjet, the protective goddess of Lower Egypt and guardian of pharaohs, often depicted as a rearing cobra known as the uraeus. After the ...