This undated photo released by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities on Thursday, March 5, 2009, shows a statue of ancient pharaoh Amenhotep III which was found by an excavation team clearing out a temple dedicated to the pharaoh, on the west bank of the Nile in the southern city of Luxor, in Egypt. A team of Egyptian and European archaeologists has discovered two large statues of Amenhotep III who ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago, the country's archaeology chief Zahi Hawass said Thursday
In this handout undated picture released by Egypt's supreme council of antiquities showing a 3,000-year-old wooden coffin illegally smuggled out of Egypt more than a century ago. Egypt's chief archaeologist said Sunday, March 22, 2009, that an official request will soon be filed with U.S. authorities to return the wooden coffin which belonged to a member of the 21st Dynasty, which ruled over Egypt from 1081-931 B.C.
