The Luxor statue cache is a grouping of ancient Egyptian statues unearthed in 1989 beneath the solar court of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor. The cache was buried during the Roman conversion of the area into a military camp, with a total of 26 statues being found [2385×4174]

> 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.

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