In 2009, concrete evidence was found that proved beyond reasonable doubt that the statue was that of Horemheb and his first wife Amenia, taken from their mortuary tomb in Saqqara.

In 1976, a multinational team of excavators from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom found a missing piece from a statue in Horemheb's burial chamber that seemed to show three clasped hands.

In 2009, a plaster cast was made of the clasped hands and shown to be a perfect match for the missing part of the British Museum's double statue.

Apart from minor damage to the hands and breasts, the statue is in near perfect condition, brilliantly conveying the serene elegance of Egyptian aristocracy in the New Kingdom.

The double statue was also an inspiration to the English sculptor Henry Moore, who used it as a model for many of his bronze works.