Luxor statue cache
The Luxor statue cache is a grouping of ancient Egyptian statues unearthed in 1989. They were discovered in Luxor, beneath the solar court of the 18th dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III.- Thutmosis III as sphinx, alabaster,
- Amenhotep III, standing, red quartzite,
- the goddess Iunyt, seated, grey granite
- Tutankhamun as sphinx, alabaster
- Horemheb, kneeling holding offering pots, diorite
- Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite
- Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite
- Goddess Taweret, sandstone,
History of find
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. 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.
