The statue of Merit Amun
The statue of Merit Amun was found in 1982 in Akhmim, 13 meters long, weighing 31 tons, and represents the daughter of King Ramses II, holding in her hand a slaughterhouse.
which is one of the insignia of governance, a whip or carbage, and was considered a symbol of protection in ancient Egypt.
Akhmim was within the ninth region of Upper Egypt, and is famous for the temple of Ramses II and the statue of Merit Amun, stressing that there is another statue of her in Tel Basta in Zagazig, but it is without a massacre.
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