Egypt opens Amenhotep III tomb to public

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00:01The final resting place of Amenhotep the Great, a pharaoh whose rules started 3,414 years ago,

00:10open to the public for the first time in two decades.

00:14The tomb of King Amenhotep III was discovered in 1799,

00:20and then it was rediscovered again in 1915 by Howard Carter.

00:24The tomb, of course, was unfortunately discovered completely empty, so it was stolen before.

00:33Only the lead of the sarcophagus is still there, and it was broken to several pieces, more than 200 pieces.

00:40A 36-metre passage under the Valley of the Kings leads to the main burial chamber,

00:46along with two other areas for the ruler's wives.

00:50The paintings show the pharaoh with ancient Egyptian gods, along with inscriptions from the Book of the Dead,

00:57an ancient text that aims to direct the departed through the underworld.

01:02The rehabilitation efforts have been a Japanese-led, three-phased process,

01:07and included restoration of paintings on the tomb walls.

01:11So, 260 representatives over the 20 years, researchers, specialised conservation, super-skilled technicians,

01:22so I think this is a very big achievement.

01:25The reopening is part of wider efforts to attract more foreign visitors.

01:30Tourism has long been a major source of revenue for the government,

01:34but has never fully recovered from the political crisis and violence that followed the 2011 uprising.

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