Archaeologists in California have found a statue of a pharaonic statue used to film the Ten Commandments, produced 90 years ago, the Associated Press reported.
It is the second statue found in the Guadalupe-Nepomo sand dunes, south of San Francisco.
The statue, weighing about 300 pounds, still retains the original paintwork used during the 1923 silent film, and some of its scenes were filmed in that area, an official at the local canal site said.
More than 20 Pharaonic statues were used in the design of the film "The Ten Commandments," directed by Cecil B. Demel, and the body of the life of the Prophet Moses and the Exodus of the people of Israel from Egypt.
After filming the film, the director ordered to bury all the statues in the sand dunes area 175 miles from Los Angeles.
It is expected that the statue with other pieces found in that area will be exhibited in a museum in the region next summer.
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