Archaeologists have uncovered five complete Pharaonic statues and four statue heads in the Avenue of the Ram-Headed Sphinxes during excavation works in Karnak.

The statues were in an astonishingly very good shape and had hieroglyphic inscriptions on them.

Monday's al-Akhbar daily quoted the chief of Luxor Higher Council, Samir Farag, as saying that the new find proved the importance of excavations at the site.

The avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads the visitor towards the massive front of the first pylon of the Temple of Karnak.

The huge Karnak Temple covers an area of 1500m by 800m. There are sanctuaries, huge columns, obelisks and even a sacred lake. Its main entrance is lined by the ram-headed sphinxes (though most of them are
missing their heads these days).

A very long time ago the avenue linked the Temple of Karnak and the Temple of Luxor.