There seems no end to the " finds" in Egypt.
On Monday it was reported that three colossal statues, 10 ft. in height, of rose granite, had been discovered at Aboukir, a few feet below the surface. "The first two represent in one group Rameses II. and Queen Hentmara seated on the same throne, which is unique among Egyptian statues. The third statue represents Rameses standing upright in military attire, a sceptre in his hand and a crown upon his head." Both statues bear hieroglyphic inscriptions, and both have been thrown from their pedestals face downwards, perhaps by the early Christians, whose relics have been found in the neigh- bourhood. The site of the find is on the ancient Cape Zephyrium. The statues, no doubt, sat and stood looking out to sea, and may have been the first " interesting monuments " set down on Herodotus's tablets when he made the earliest of recorded tours of investigation.
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