Egypt Pulls Ancient Colossus from Slum

The colossus discovered recently in Matarya almost certainly depicts Psamtek I, who ruled Egypt between 664 and 610 B.C., on display in the garden of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled Al-Anany stands next to the colossus discovered recently in Matarya before unveiling it in the garden of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

A close-up of the carvings found on the colossus discovered few days ago that almost certainly depicts Psamtik I in the Egyptian Museum Cairo, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

An Egyptian child takes an image of the carving found on the back of the statue that was discovered recently in Matarya that almost certainly depicts Psamtik I, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

The Egyptian antiquities minister describes to media the features found in the ear, eye, face and the body of the colossus that depicts Psamtik I, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

Crowds of ambassadors, tourists and Egyptian visitors gather at the garden of the Egyptian Museum to see the colossus discovered recently in Matarya, which almost certainly depicts Psamtik I, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled Al-Anany shows the foreign ambassadors and culture attaches the carves that indicates the statue to be Psamtik I, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

Groups of Western tourists line up to enter the Egyptian Museum. The colossus discovered recently in Matarya has been unveiled by the Egyptian minister of antiquities, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

Egyptians pose for a selfie before entering the Egyptian Museum, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)

The Egyptian minister of antiquities, foreign ambassadors and culture attaches stand in the garden of the Egyptian Museum before the press conference in Cairo, March 16, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA)