28-foot statue of biblical pharaoh who enslaved Israelis discovered by Egyptian farmer

In Egypt's Behbeit El Hagar, located in Gharbia province, a farmer truly dug deep. While tilling the land in front of his home, the man discovered a royal statue of Ramases II, the pharaoh who allegedly challenged Moses in the Bible. According to a report by the New York Post, the farmer flagged the local antiquities official, after which a team working for the Supreme Council of Antiquities launched an excavation, according to Heritage Daily.The treasure trove reportedly revealed an over 5-foot-tall head of Ramses II that's depicted sporting the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. As per the size of the noggin, archaeologists projected that the entire statue measured over 27 feet tall, including the base. Researchers also recovered part of the statue’s back pillar, which bears an inscription containing one of the pharaoh’s royal names.Another, smaller royal statue that measured just under eight feet tall was also unearthed. Also uncovered was a 4-foot-high block of pink granite containing fragments of hieroglyphic inscriptions proclaiming the pharaoh "Nesu Beti", meaning King of Upper and Lower Egypt and "Sa Ra," meaning Son of Ra.While the figure’s legs and base were missing, ...