エジプト考古最高評議会（Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities）のザヒ・ハワス（Zahi Hawass）事務局長によると、発掘は最終段階にあり、当時の状態を復元する作業が進められているという。
また、発掘作業中に、ルクソールでは初となる古代エジプトの女王クレオパトラ（Cleopatra）の名前を記したカルトゥーシュ（王の名前を囲む曲線）が発見された。ハワス事務局長は「クレオパトラが（共和政ローマの政治家）マルクス・アントニウス（Mark Anthony）との旅行中にこの道を訪れ、カルトゥーシュを残した」としている。(c)AFP/Riad Abu Awad
エジプト南部ルクソール（Luxor）の遺跡から発掘された古代エジプト王朝のファラオ、アメンホテプ3世（Amenhotep III）とハヤブサの頭を持つ太陽神ラー（左）が対となった座像（撮影日不明）。(c)AFP/EGYPTIAN SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES
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【11月9日 AFP】エジプト考古最高評議会（Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities）のザヒ・ハワス（Zahi Hawass）事務局長は4日、同日までにエジプト南部ルクソール（Luxor）で古代エジプト王朝のファラオ、アメンホテプ3世（Amenhotep III）と太陽神ラーが対となった座像を発掘したと発表した。
エジプト考古最高評議会（Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities）が公開した、南部ルクソール（Luxor）でエジプトとフランスの考古学チームが発掘した古代エジプト王朝時代の宝物殿の門（2011年7月3日公開）。(c)AFP/SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES
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【7月4日 AFP】エジプト考古最高評議会（Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities）は3日、エジプトとフランスの共同チームが、南部ルクソール（Luxor）で2700年前の古代エジプト王朝時代の宝物殿の門を発掘したと発表した。
パスポートを忘れて自腹で航空券を購入した川内優輝
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まさかのドタバタ劇だ。男子マラソンの川内優輝（２５＝埼玉県庁）が１６日、エジプト国際マラソン（１８日）出場のため成田空港から出発したが、大失態を演じた。空港にパスポートを持ってくるのを忘れ、予定していた午後８時５０分発のエジプト航空機に搭乗できず、急きょ１０時３０分発のカタール航空に便を変更。顔面蒼白（そうはく）のまま、機上の人となった。
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エジプト・ルクソール（Luxor）のカルナック（Karnak）の遺跡（2013年12月21日撮影、資料写真）。(c)AFP＝時事/AFPBB News
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エジプト・ルクソール（Luxor）のカルナック（Karnak）の遺跡（2013年12月21日撮影、資料写真）。(c)AFP＝時事/AFPBB News
【AFP＝時事】エジプトの古代都市ルクソール（Luxor）近郊にある王家の谷（Valley of the Kings）で、王族のものを含む約50体のミイラが埋葬された共同墓地が発見された。関係当局が28日、発表した。
After five years of restoration the first and fifth Sphinxes Avenues, which once connected both Karnak and Luxor temples in ancient times, are to be opened tomorrow night for the first time.
Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Eldamaty is to cut the ribbon to open a new tourist destination in the town. He told Ahram Online that the restoration of the Sphinx Avenue and installing new lightening and security systems in Luxor temple came within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to protect the country’s ancient shrine.
Eldamaty explained that the development of Luxor’s temple lighting and security systems is a part of a Spanish grant of 150 million euros used for the implementation of a scheme to protect every archaeological site in Theban so they can be visited at night and be well-protected.
He went on to say that the new lighting system is made according to the latest technology which guarantees the preservation of the temple walls and engravings.
For his part Major General Mohamed Al-Sheikha, head of the Projects Department at the ministry of antiquities, said that the security system installed in the temple includes of an electronic curtain stretched around the temple, along with monitoring cameras connected to a TV circuit.
He told Ahram Online that the restoration of the first and fifth sections of the Sphinxes Avenue represents 37 per cent of the whole path. It was carried out in collaboration with the National Service Projects with a budget of LE66.5 million.
He went on to say that the restoration work of the first section, which stretches from the Luxor temple to 350 metres long, includes the removal of all encroachment as well as the consolidation of the avenue’s eastern wall and the restoration of the sphinxes themselves. The restoration of the 600-metre-long fifth section extends from the area behind Luxor Library to the town’s airport road.
Al-Sheikha pointed out that restoration is continuing on the other sections of the avenue in order to open more sections soon.
The Sphinxes Avenue was the site of ceremonial processions that once connected both Luxor and Karnak temples. It is dated to around 380 BCE and stretches some 2.7 kilometers. It would have originally had 1,350 sphinxes lining both sides. Around half of those have been uncovered, with many reworked by later civilizations or sitting in museums. Much of the avenue is still covered by modern buildings.
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Egypt is enforcing Monday ticket price hikes for Egyptian visitors to Aswan and Luxor ancient sites.
Nasr Salama, head of Aswan and Nuba regions at the Antiquities Ministry, said in a statement on Sunday that tickets prices are to jump from LE4 to LE10 at most of the sites, including the famous Philae Temple.
The decision was criticized by tourism workers.
Ashraf Mokhtar, a member of Aswan’s chamber of tourism, said the ministry’s decree is “impetuous”, adding that the ministry should instead have offered tourists incentives to visit sites, such as with better accommodation and reduced flight tickets.
“The decision was made without consulting company owners, and will force companies to bear the burden for contracts that have already been signed,” said Mokhtar.
Egypt has been struggling to recover in the tourism industry, due to the many security issues the country has faced from both the 2011 and 2013 uprisings.
Tourism activists have called for the encouragement of local tourism as an additional asset apart from the foreign tourist inflow.
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After a month of restoration, Tutankhamun's tomb is opened for the celebration of Luxor's upcoming national day
Nevine El-Aref , Monday 2 Nov 2015
The tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun at the Valley of the Kings on Luxor's west bank has been opened for the upcoming celebration of the city's national day on 4 November, which coincides with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
Hussein El-Shabury, the engineer who led the tomb's restoration work, carried out by Getting Foundation, told Ahram Online that the required study to restore the tomb took four years while the actual work of restoration only took one month.
The work, he explains, includes the installation of a new lighting and special ventilation system that would prevent sand entering inside the tomb. The deteriorated wooden stairs and floor were replaced with new ones.
To celebrate Luxor national day, Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Eldamaty combined the visiting ticket fee for Tutankhamun's tomb with the entrance fee for the area of the Valley of the Kings. The combined ticket will only be for visitors on 4 November.
Eldamaty said that the restoration work also included the removal of Tutankhamun's mummy from its current location at the entrance of the tomb to a side room in an attempt to preserve it more.
