Statue of Pharaoh Ramses II found in Cairo slum

Egyptian workers prepare to lift parts of a statue for restoration after it was unearthed in the Mattarya area of Cairo. According to the Ministry of Antiquities, a German-Egyptian archaeological mission found two royal statues in the vicinity of the King Ramses II temple in ancient Heliopolis.

Egyptian workers prepare to lift parts of a statue for restoration after it was unearthed in Cairo.

Egyptian workers use an excavator to lift parts of a statue for restoration after it was unearthed in Cairo.

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled Enany, left, inspects a part of a statue after it was unearthed in Cairo.

A boy on a bicycle in a Cairo slum rides past a recently discovered statue that may be of Pharaoh Ramses II.

Egyptian workers examine the site of a discovery by a team of German-Egyptian archaeologists in Cairo. Statues of the kings and queens of the 19th dynasty (1295-1185 B.C.) were unearthed in the vicinity of the Temple of Ramses II in what was the old pharonic city.