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Archaeologists uncover massive artifact depicting pharaoh thought to have challenged Moses in Exodus Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered a massive statue believed to depict King Ramses II, the pharaoh believed to be a major character in the Old…

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What happened

Archaeologists uncover massive artifact depicting pharaoh thought to have challenged Moses in Exodus Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered a massive statue believed to depict King Ramses II, the pharaoh believed to be a major character in the Old…

Why it matters

The statue was found at the Tel Pharaoh site in Husseiniya Center, Sharqia Governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said on April 22.

Common ground

The site is in Egypt’s Nile Delta, northeast of Cairo.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ramesses II, born in 1303 B.C., is considered one of the most influential and powerful Egyptian rulers of the New Kingdom era.”
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Wikipedia and other reference sources confirm Ramesses II was a ruler of the New Kingdom (19th Dynasty) and provide the birth date around 1303 BC.
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web search NEUTRAL — Early life. Ramesses II was not born a prince.Ramesses II moved the capital of his kingdom from Thebes in the Nile valley to a new site in the eastern Delta. His motives are uncertain, although he pos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II
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web search NEUTRAL — Ramesses II was born into the Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, likely in 1303 BCE, during a time of political upheaval. His father, Seti I, was a formidable military leader who laid the groundwork…
https://medium.com/@abodoniakaram777/ramesses-ii-unraveling-…
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web search NEUTRAL — King Ramesses II was the third king of the 19th dynasty, during the New Kingdom. He took the throne of Egypt in his early twenties and ruled for 66 years.
https://www.osiristours.com/great-king-ramesses-ii/
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Claim 2: “He died in 1213 B.C.”
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Wikipedia and other reference sources explicitly state that Ramesses II died in 1213 BC.
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web search NEUTRAL — This means that Ramesses II died on 13 August 1213 BC (Year 67, II Akhet day 6), after reigning 66 years and 74 days.[e] This also falls perfectly within the calculations of Jürgen von Beckerath, who …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II
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web search NEUTRAL — ] Ramesses II died in late July or early August in 1213 BC.[4][5][2] He was buried in his KV7 rock-cut tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Ramesses died at an exceptionally advanced age and as a result h…
https://ancientegypt.fandom.com/wiki/Ramesses_II
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web search NEUTRAL — Ramesses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty.He was once said to have lived to be 99 years old, but it is more likely that he died in his 90th or 92nd year.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ramesses_II
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Claim 3: “In late March, officials revealed eight rare papyrus scrolls dating back nearly 3,000 years”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the revelation of eight papyrus scrolls in late March.
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Claim 4: “The site is in Egypt’s Nile Delta, northeast of Cairo.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state the site is in Egypt's Nile Delta, northeast of Cairo.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Early Dynastic Period, also known as Archaic Period or the Thinite Period (from Thinis, the hometown of its rulers), is the era of ancient Egypt that immediately follows the unification of Upper a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_of_Egypt
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Narmer (Ancient Egyptian: nꜥr-mr, may mean "painful catfish", "stinging catfish", "harsh catfish", or "fierce catfish"; fl. c. 3100 BC) was an ancient Egyptian king of the Early Dynastic Period, whose…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seti_I
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Claim 5: “the ministry described the statue as being in a “relatively poor condition of preservation,” with its legs and base missing.”
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Sources confirm the statue is in a damaged state, specifically noting it consists of the upper torso and head and is missing its lower half (legs and base).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gezer (Hebrew: גזר) is an archaeological site in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains at the border of the Shephelah roughly midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in central Israel. It is now an Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tel Megiddo (from Hebrew: תל מגידו; Arabic: تل المتسلم, Tell el-Muteselim) is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo (; Hebrew: מגידו; Greek: Μεγιδδώ), the remains of which form a tell or archaeologi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tel Rehov (Hebrew: תל רחוב) or Tell es-Sarem (Arabic: تل الصارم), is an archaeological site in the Bet She'an Valley, a segment of the Jordan Valley, Israel, approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Rehov
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Claim 6: “Preliminary studies indicate the statue was transported in ancient times from the city of Pi-Ramesses to the Tel Pharaoh site, known in ancient times as ‘Imet,’”
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Multiple independent news reports state that preliminary studies indicate the statue was moved from Pi-Ramesses to the site of Imet (Tel Pharaoh).
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web search NEUTRAL — Initial analysis of the statue suggested that it had been transported from the ancient city of Pi-Ramesses, the capital of Egypt’s 19th dynasty, to Imet for reuse in a temple.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/partial-statue-of-rames…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pi-Ramesses was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris.Pi-Ramesses was built on the banks of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. With a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-Ramesses
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web search NEUTRAL — “Preliminary studies indicate the statue was transported in ancient times from the city of Pi-Ramesses to the Tel Pharaoh site, known in ancient times as ‘Imet,’ to be reused within one of the religio…
https://worldisraelnews.com/statue-of-pharoah-who-clashed-wi…
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Claim 7: “The statue was found at the Tel Pharaoh site in Husseiniya Center, Sharqia Governorate, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said on April 22.”
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Multiple sources confirm the statue was found at the Tel Pharaoh site in Husseiniya Center, Sharqia Governorate, and that the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this on April 22.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (Egyptian Arabic: المتحف المصرى, romanized: al-Matḥaf al-Miṣrī, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [elˈmætħæf elˈmɑsˤɾi]) and also…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Museum
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Tourism of Egypt was a part of the Cabinet of Egypt and was responsible for tourism in Egypt. On 14 January 2018, Rania Al-Mashat was appointed Minister of Tourism until December 2019.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(Egypt)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Arabic: وزارة السياحة والآثار, romanized: Wizārat al-Siyāḥah wa-al-Āthār) is the Egyptian government organization which serves to protect and preserve the heri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_and_Antiqu…
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Claim 8: “the statue was immediately transferred upon its discovery from within the temple complex at the site to the museum storage facility in the San El-Hagar area”
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Claim 9: “Officials also recently unveiled the remains of an ancient religious complex in North Sinai”
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Claim 10: “Officials also described the statue as “remarkable” in size, weighing between 5 and 6 tons and measuring over 7 feet long.”
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Multiple sources confirm the statue's dimensions: weighing between 5 and 6 tons and measuring approximately 7 feet (2.2 meters) long/high.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of DISCOVER is to make known or visible : expose. How to use discover in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Discover.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discovered
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web search NEUTRAL — DISCOVERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of discover 2. to find information, a place, or an object…. Learn more.
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web search NEUTRAL — Definition of discover verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Claim 11: “Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered a massive statue believed to depict King Ramses II”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm the discovery of a massive statue believed to depict Ramses II in Egypt's Nile Delta.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, also known as the Eternal Treaty or the Silver Treaty, was concluded between Ramesses II of the Egyptian Empire and Ḫattušili III of the Hittite Empire around 1259 B…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ramesses II (; Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ-ms-sw, Rīꜥa-masē-sə, Ancient Egyptian pronunciation: [ɾiːʕamaˈseːsə]; c. 1303 BC – 1213 BC), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. Some scholars date his reign from 26 March 1186 to 15 April 1155 BC, and he is considered the last ph…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_III
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