(Relatively) fresh off the wire from AP:
Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the country's antiquities authority announced Tuesday.We'll keep an eye out for follow-up stories about mysterious calamities befalling the archaeologists involved in this excavation. More details here.The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern entrance to the grand funerary temple on the west bank of the Nile that is currently the focus of a major excavation.

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