Parts of octagonal limestone column of a 1 meter height and 28cm
diameter bearing Ramses II cartouche with his name and titles in
scripted including The beloved of Amon, Horus of the two
horizons, Egypt’s protector and conqueror of the foreign
countries. The minister referred that the discovery was made by
the Ministry mission and contributed to by the newly recruited
graduates during their training of field work within the
ministry’s plan to transfer expertise to them. Dr. Mohamed
Ibrahim said that a plan to manage the site of Tell Habua and
open it to local and international tourism as it is considered
one of the important sites in Sinai as the largest fortified
city of the New Kingdom on the Horus Road which was the main
trade and military route from Egypt to Palestine. Meanwhile, The
German Egyptian mission directed by Dr. Eva Lange working at the
site of Tell Basta in Sharkia (co-operation between Egypt
Exploration Society/ University of Göttingen and MSA) has found
a pink granite statue of Ramses II of