The tomb of Amenhotep III has been opened in Egypt after more than 20 years of restoration.

The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, located in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, was inaugurated by Egyptian Minister of Tourism Sherif Fathi after a restoration that lasted for 20 years. This was announced on October 4 by the Elnabaa Internet portal.

"The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathi, accompanied by the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mohamed Ismail Khaled, the Deputy Governor of Luxor, Hisham Abu Zeid, and the director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Cairo, Nuriya Sansa, solemnly opened the tomb of King Amenhotep III. <...> After the completion of the restoration, which lasted more than 20 years," the material says.

It is specified that Fahti, speaking at the event, thanked Japan and UNESCO for their cooperation and efforts in restoring the burial site. He specified that Egyptian, Japanese and Italian craftsmen managed to preserve the monument for future generations, as well as contribute to attracting a new stream of tourists to the region.

On September 19, National Geographic magazine reported the discovery by a group of archaeologists led by Dr. Kathleen Martinez of traces of a sunken port in Egypt of an ancient ship that will allow them to find the tomb of Queen Cleopatra. The expedition leader clarified that the discovered parts of the vessel may be evidence in favor of the hypothesis that it was in this area, a few miles from the coast of Taposiris Magna, that Cleopatra and her lover Mark Anthony were buried.

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