The 4,300-Year-Old Statue Unveils the Mystery of Egyptian Pharaohs

Pharaoh head stone

The discovery of historic objects from the excavation will open a new horizon of past events. However, sometimes discovery does not just give explanations but also raises new questions that increasingly make researchers interested.

One example is the discovery of the Pharaoh's head statue in the ancient city of Hazor in 1995. Reconstruction and analysis show the statue was about 4,300 years old, more or less from a time when the Egyptians were building a pyramid.

The head of the Pharaonic statue is in an incomplete state. The back of the head, nose, and right ear are destroyed. The possibility of the statue was crushed when Israeli troops led by King Joshua came raiding Hazor.

The question arises because of the discovery: Why did the statue survive for a millennium before it breaks apart when Hazor is conquered? Who is the Pharaoh who is in Hazor? Why was it transported to Hazor?

The Hazor Raid contained in the Bible tells us that Joshua's troops stormed Hazor who was under Jabin's control. The Bible also recounts, after defeating Hazor's army, Joshua devastated his territory.

"Joshua conquered Hazor and stabbed the king with the sword," the biblical text of Joshua 11: 10-11 reads. "Everyone, killed with a sword, no one is still breathing in the end, Joshua also burned Hazor."

Although told in the scriptures, scientists are not sure if it is true that Israel invaded Hazor. However, scientists believe, the destruction of the statues was not caused by age but due to violence and looting.

So far, scientists believe the statue of the Pharaoh's face comes from Egypt. One of the hallmarks of the statue is that of a cobra on a statue. Historians egypt Dimitri Laboury and Simon Connor told Livescience, Wednesday (08/30/2017) say, it is characteristic of Egypt.

In his book Hazor VII: The 1990-2012 Excavations, the Bronze Age ", Connor and Laboury note, the head of the statue was once part of a larger statue, probably from the 5th Dynasty (circa 2465-2323 BC ).

In addition to the statue of Pharaoh's head, a number of other Egyptian statues were also found. One of them has Sphink claws discovered in 2013. "Given Hazor's location in northern Israel, the number of sculptures and fragments of Egyptian sculptures found at this location are staggering," the team wrote in another report published in the book.

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