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Statue of Meret Amun The statue of her is 11 meters high, the statue was discovered in 1981 in Akhmim, when a school was about to be built. Excavations beside the Mosque of Sheikh Naqshadi revealed an 11m-high statue of Meret Amun. There was a temple here, dedicated to the fertility god, Min. There are traces left of this temple, but it is very hard to understand much from the remains around the statue. This is the tallest statue of an ancient queen to have been discovered in Egypt. She is shown here with flail in hand, wearing a ceremonial headdress and large earrings. Nearby, the remains of a seated statue of her father still retain some original color Ph.@kairoinfo4u