Luxor statue cache

The Luxor statue cache is a grouping of ancient Egyptian statues unearthed in 1989. They were discovered in Luxor, beneath the solar court of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

Partial list of statues

 * Thutmose III as sphinx, alabaster, 1.095 m
 * Amenhotep III, standing, red quartzite, 2.49 m
 * the goddess Iunyt, seated, grey granite 1.45 m
 * Tutankhamun as sphinx, alabaster (with paint remains) 0.56 m
 * Horemheb, kneeling holding offering pots, diorite 1.91 m
 * Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite 1.52 m
 * Amun-Re-Kamutef serpent, grey granite 1.00 m
 * Goddess Taweret, sandstone, 0.61 m

History
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.