CAIRO: Archaeologists have unearthed missing pieces of a 3,400-year-old colossal double statue of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on Sunday that the limestone statue was discovered in Kom el-Hittan, in Luxor, on the west bank of the Nile. Ranging from 47 cm to 103 cm, the uncovered fragments belong to the right side of Amenhotep III's chest, crown and leg, and will be fitted to the statue. The other pieces come from a section of Queen Tiye's wig and from her left arm, fingers and foot. The statue, which is on display in the main hall of Cairo's Egyptian Museum, was first found in 1889 and later restored by an Italian team who filled in the missing pieces with modern stonework. The statue dates back to Egypt's 18th Dynasty. Amenhotep III was the ninth pharaoh of the dynasty, and ruled from 1386 to 1349 BCE. BM