Pharaoh in the Field

An Egyptian Farmer's Pink Rock Unearths Two Colossal Statues of Ramses II

Khaled al-Shahat was simply tending his land in Egypt's Nile Delta when a pink stone etched with hieroglyphs poked out of the dirt. Sensing something special, he called the authorities, and archaeologists rushed in to take a look. What lay beneath was jaw-dropping: the remains of two massive statues of Ramses II, one of history's most famous pharaohs.