Luxor statue cache

{{Short description|Grouping of ancient Egyptian statues unearthed in 1989}} [[File:Luxor Museum Statue Hathor 01.jpg|thumb|220px|Seated statue of goddess Hathor]] The '''Luxor statue cache''' is a grouping of ancient Egyptian statues unearthed in 1989.<ref>Reeves 2000, pp. 226-228.</ref> They were discovered in Luxor, beneath the solar court of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

==Partial list of statues== *Thutmose III as sphinx, alabaster, {{convert|1.095|m|0|}} *Amenhotep III, standing, red quartzite, {{convert|2.49|m|0|}} *the goddess Iunyt, seated, grey granite {{convert|1.45|m|0|}} *Tutankhamun as sphinx, alabaster (with paint remains) {{convert|0.56|m|0|}} *Horemheb, kneeling holding offering pots, diorite {{convert|1.91|m|0|}} *Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite {{convert|1.52|m|0|}} *Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite {{convert|1.00|m|0|}} *Goddess Taweret, sandstone, {{convert|0.61|m|0|}}

==History== The excavation was launched in 1989 under the authority of Mahammed el-Saghir, with routine maintenance by the Luxor antiquities inspectorate. The Luxor cache was buried during the Roman conversion of the area into a military camp.<ref>Reeves 2000, p.226.</ref> Originally five statues were found at a three-foot depth below a covering layer of small stones; eventually 26 statues were uncovered with some being damaged prior to burial.

<gallery class="center" widths="230px" heights="180px"> File:GD-EG-Louxor-109-2.JPG|Amenhotep III standing upon Sled of God Tem (oldest creator god Atum) File:GD-EG-Louxor-106.JPG|Horemheb kneeling </gallery>

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==References== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book| title= Ancient Egypt, The Great Discoveries, a Year-by-Year Chronicle | year= 2000 | chapter= The Luxor Statue Cache | pages= 226–228| first=Nicholas |last= Reeves|authorlink= Nicholas Reeves| publisher= Thames and Hudson Ltd | location= London| ISBN= 0-500-05105-4}} {{refend}}

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