latest excavations at Tel El-Amarna, Egypt, have lead to a discovery of a gypsum head from a statue of King Akhenaten who ruled in 14th century BC.

The artefact was discovered during excavation work in the first hall of the Great Atun Temple in Tel El-Amarna by a British-Egyptian archaeological mission from Cambridge University led by Barry Kemp. The head is 9 cm tall, 13.5 cm long and 8 cm wide. Akhenaten was the 10th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. The site of Tel El-Amarna was known as Akhetaten and was a new capital city that the King ordered to build during his reign. It was the home of the cult of the sun god ‎Aten. ‎ ‎ The mission has also carried out restoration works at the Small Atun Temple and the northern palace.

(after Ahram Online)