The Luxor Statue Cache, is a grouping of statues unearthed in 1989. They were discovered beneath the solar court of Amenhotep III

Amenhotep III

Amenhotep III also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC after his father Thutmose IV died...

, at Luxor

Luxor

Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896 , with an area of approximately . As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", as the ruins of the temple...

.

Partial list of statues

• Thutmosis III as sphinx, alabaster, 1.095 metres (4 ft)
• Amenhotep III
  Amenhotep III
  Amenhotep III also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC after his father Thutmose IV died...
  
  , standing, red quartzite, 2.49 metres (8 ft)
• the goddess Iunyt, seated, grey granite 1.45 metres (5 ft)
• Tutankhamun
  Tutankhamun
  Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...
  
   as sphinx, alabaster (with paint remains) 0.56 metres (2 ft)
• Horemheb
  Horemheb
  Horemheb was the last Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty from either 1319 BC to late 1292 BC, or 1306 to late 1292 BC although he was not related to the preceding royal family and is believed to have been of common birth.Before he became pharaoh, Horemheb was the commander in chief...
  
  , kneeling holding offering pots, diorite 1.91 metres (6 ft)
• Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite 1.52 metres (5 ft)
• Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite 1 metres (3 ft)
• Goddess Taweret, sandstone, 0.61 metres (2 ft)

History of find

The excavation was under the authority of Mahammed el-Saghir, in 1989 of 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.