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English: Head of a colossal statue of Amenemhat III found in Tell Basta (Bubastis) by Édouard Naville in 1887-1889. It is part of two seated colossi which were placed at the entrance of the Temple of Bubastis; due to their unusual facial traits, Naville hastly called these colossi "Hyksos statues". Granite, from Bubastis, reign of Amenemhat III, 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom. Now in the Cairo Museum.
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Source Bubastis (1887-1889), 8th memoir of The Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1891, [https://archive.org/details/bubastis08navi available here.
Author Édouard Naville (1844 - 1926)

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