Ancient statue discovered near Egypt pyramid

This is a fantastic discovery, think about it. Not an excavation but found by maintenanace workers? Awesome.
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Ancient statue discovered near Egyptian pyramid

February 24, 2009 ·

A 1.5 meter (5 feet) high 4,000-year-old quartz statue has been discovered buried just 40 centimetres (16 inches) below the surface of the sand in the northern part of the pyramid of pharaoh Menkaure (2551-2523 BC). Amazingly, the lifesize statue was not found during an archaeological excavation, but by maintenance workers cleaning an area stepped on by thousands of tourists every day.

The sculpture depicts an unidentified person wearing a medium-length wig, sitting on a chair with his right arm stretched on his knee and holding an unidentified object in his fist, in the style of the Old Kingdom, though it’s difficult at the moment to pinpoint the exact dynasty, because the statue has no visible inscriptions.
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