Egypt
It only makes sense that Egypt's decorated tombs including those in the Valley of Kings should be closed and replicas created for tourists to visit.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/closed-sign-coming-soon-to-king-tuts-tomb.html
- Tomb Of Tutankhamun To Close
Many thanks to Amigos de la Egiptologia for these links. El Pais (Jacinto Anton) Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced that the tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed in order to prevent ongoing deterioration caused by mass...
- Replicas In The Valley Of The Kings?
Al Ahram Weekly (Riad Tawfik) Tourism experts have greeted a plan to open replica tombs for tourists on the west bank at Luxor with considerable scepticism, writes Riad Tawfik Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has recently announced a radical plan...
- The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed to visitors soon in an effort to protect the tomb and it's painting from a thousand visitors a day. In an effort to still please tourists Dr. Zahi Hawass has commissioned a replica tomb. There seems little choice...
- The Pharaoh's Tomb
Perhaps the most visited tomb in the world the tomb of Tutankhamen in the valley of kings is by no means a grand affair compared to those of the other Pharaoh's buried in the valley. The tomb is to be conserved and there is the idea of closing the...
- Saving History In Replica
Here we have another article on the preservation of decorated tombs by creating replicas for tourists to visit. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/19/pharoah-tomb.html...
Egypt
Replica Tombs
It only makes sense that Egypt's decorated tombs including those in the Valley of Kings should be closed and replicas created for tourists to visit.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/closed-sign-coming-soon-to-king-tuts-tomb.html
- Tomb Of Tutankhamun To Close
Many thanks to Amigos de la Egiptologia for these links. El Pais (Jacinto Anton) Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced that the tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed in order to prevent ongoing deterioration caused by mass...
- Replicas In The Valley Of The Kings?
Al Ahram Weekly (Riad Tawfik) Tourism experts have greeted a plan to open replica tombs for tourists on the west bank at Luxor with considerable scepticism, writes Riad Tawfik Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has recently announced a radical plan...
- The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed to visitors soon in an effort to protect the tomb and it's painting from a thousand visitors a day. In an effort to still please tourists Dr. Zahi Hawass has commissioned a replica tomb. There seems little choice...
- The Pharaoh's Tomb
Perhaps the most visited tomb in the world the tomb of Tutankhamen in the valley of kings is by no means a grand affair compared to those of the other Pharaoh's buried in the valley. The tomb is to be conserved and there is the idea of closing the...
- Saving History In Replica
Here we have another article on the preservation of decorated tombs by creating replicas for tourists to visit. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/19/pharoah-tomb.html...