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Egypt
More re restrictions at tomb of Tutankhamun
Egypt State Information Service
Culture Minister Farouq Hosni decided to limit the number of visitors to King Tutankhamun's tomb in Luxor to 400 visitors daily as of next December in the context of the ministry's plan to protect the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
On the other hand, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, stated that the number of visitors will be divided on two periods in the morning and the afternoon allowing 200 visitors in each.
He added that the tomb will be closed from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm daily for rest indicating that the tomb will be closed before the tourist flow as of next May for restoration; as it has not been restored since it was discovered in 1922.
- And Now - Tutankhamun's Tomb To Remain Open
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) King Tutankhamun’s tomb will not be closed in the near future, Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Discovery News. Many reports in the past two weeks announced the closure of this...
- Conservation: More About The Work To Be Carried Out On The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
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- Protecting The Valley Of The Kings
drhawass.com I always say that the Egyptian monuments will be completely destroyed in less than 100 years if tourism isn’t managed properly. Tourism is the number one threat to the Egyptian antiquities. In Egypt we have started many important site management...
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Egypt State Information Service An Egyptian archaeological mission managed to find a previously undiscovered part of Tutankhamun treasures. The new discovered part was left by Howard Carter who discovered Tutankhamun tomb near the burial chamber at...
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