Archaeologists unearth ancient head of Egyptian king

A large granite head statue, part of the pieces found of the grandfather of King Tut, has been discovered along with a treasure of artifacts in Cairo, Egypt.

On Sunday, a group of European and Egyptian archaeologists found the head piece of the statue of Amenhotep the III, grandfather of Tutankhamun; the other parts of the body had already been found in in earlier digs, including the backslab and the beard, msnbc reports. Amenhotep the III was ruler in Egypt from 1387-1348 B.C. during the reign of Egyptian prosperity. The statue head was found in excellent condition. Many statues are found with facial features in disrepair to some extent, "but here, from the tip of the crown to the chin, it is so beautifully carved and polished, nothing is broken." The size of the head piece alone is the size of a full grown man and will be joined with the other parts found, to recreate the body of Amenhotep. The statue is made of red granite and is the crown of the two finds of smaller size black granite statues of Amenhotep found in the city of Luxor, in the buried ruins of the site back in March, 2009. It was found amongst a wealth of treasures unearthed at the famed archaeological site in Luxor, Egypt.