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A farmer found a strange stone in his garden, and it turned out to be an ancient king
EGYPT, 15 October
By John_Doe
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Archaeologists uncovering the massive stone head of Ramses II found in an Egyptian field.
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CBS News
An Egyptian man discovered a massive statue of a pharaoh buried right under his own land.
An Egyptian farmer was working on his land when he spotted something strange. It was a stone with carvings on it sticking out of the ground. He realized it wasn't just a normal rock, so he called in the experts. Archaeologists came to check it out. They started digging and found that the stone was actually part of a massive statue. It turns out to be a piece of a 28-foot-tall statue of Ramses II. He was a famous pharaoh, or king, who ruled ancient Egypt about 3,000 years ago. The discovery happened in a place called Behbeit El-Hagar. The experts were amazed that such a big and important pi…