A large granite statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, which was destroyed in 57 pieces, returns from this Wednesday to adorn the temple of Luxor in Egypt. The size has been restored to be a single piece of 11 meters high and 75 tons in weight. The Government has presented it in an illuminated ceremony on the banks of the Nile River.
The pieces of this emperor's sculpture were found between 1958 and 1960. However, it took four decades before they were united again to form Ramses II.
The government has promoted a series of archaeological projects to recover areas or make new discoveries that boost tourism, hit by the multiple terrorist attacks that have occurred in the country in recent years.
- Ainhoa Peregrín and Pablo Miranda
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