Man discovers 28-foot statue of legendary pharaoh on his property

A man working outside his home in Egypt stumbled across an ancient stone that led archaeologists to the remains of a giant statue of Ramses II, the Pharaoh who ruled over 3,000 years ago. The discovery began in Behbeit El-Hagar, a village in Egypt’s Gharbia Governorate, when the resident found a stone block covered in inscriptions on his land. He alerted local antiquities officials, who inspected the find before Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities launched an excavation. According to People, the team uncovered fragments of two enormous royal statues, including one identified as Ramses II.