42 foot statue unearthed in Egypt

(Relatively) fresh off the wire from AP:

Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the country's antiquities authority announced Tuesday.

The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern entrance to the grand funerary temple on the west bank of the Nile that is currently the focus of a major excavation.

We'll keep an eye out for follow-up stories about mysterious calamities befalling the archaeologists involved in this excavation. More details here.