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It's definitely a colossus, and meant to represent a pharaoh. It might have stood 25 feet tall.
See:
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-archeologists-egypt-massive-statue-cairo.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-a-slum-they-found-a-massive-pharaoh-statue/
"The statue is made of quartzite. It lacks an inscription, but the discovery’s proximity to a temple for Ramses suggest it bears his likeness. Nearby, the experts uncovered a statue of Seti II, Ramses’s grandson.Ramses II, who ruled from 1279 to 1213 B.C., was one of the ancient world’s most well-known leaders. He led military campaigns that stretched Egypt’s empire as far east as Syria and as far south as Sudan. (Ramses II may be the pharaoh from whom Moses demanded the release of his people in the biblical Book of Exodus.)
The growth and prosperity seen in Egypt at the time earned him the title “Ramses the Great.”"
See:
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-archeologists-egypt-massive-statue-cairo.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-a-slum-they-found-a-massive-pharaoh-statue/
"The statue is made of quartzite. It lacks an inscription, but the discovery’s proximity to a temple for Ramses suggest it bears his likeness. Nearby, the experts uncovered a statue of Seti II, Ramses’s grandson.Ramses II, who ruled from 1279 to 1213 B.C., was one of the ancient world’s most well-known leaders. He led military campaigns that stretched Egypt’s empire as far east as Syria and as far south as Sudan. (Ramses II may be the pharaoh from whom Moses demanded the release of his people in the biblical Book of Exodus.)
The growth and prosperity seen in Egypt at the time earned him the title “Ramses the Great.”"