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Picture of Egyptian Statues on a Barge

From James Martin, About.com

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Two five metre tall statues on a barge after their recovery near the sunken city of Herakleion.

Photo: Christoph Gerigk ©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation
Two five metre tall statues on a barge after their recovery near the sunken city of Herakleion. One statue is of a Ptolemaic queen; the other is of the Nile god Hapi. These red granite statues date from the 4th – 3rd centuries BC. The 5.21 metre sculpture of the god of fertility and the Nile flood is the largest freestanding statue of an Egyptian god ever found.
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