Last weekend, one of the largest tombs in the Valley of Kings reopened to the public. The tomb of Amenhotep III, ruled about. The 38th year of the 14th century BC had been closed for 20 years, during which time a team from the University of Waseda in Tokyo was supervising the renovation.
The tomb was discovered in 1799 by two French engineers sent by Napoleon to Egypt. At that time, its contents had been plundered. The formal excavation began in the early 1900s. (Amenhotep III’s mummy was previously transferred to the grandfather’s grave and is now being viewed at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.)
according to Associated PressDuring the reopening event, he spoke with the Secretary-General of Egypt’s Supreme Antiquities Council, the tomb of Amenhotep III was undecorated, although it does include the structural framework of the plundered sarcophagus box. The newly restored painting on the tomb wall shows the pharaoh among the ancient Egyptian gods. A long passage below the valley leads to the pharaoh’s main funeral room, and two other men of each of his wives.
On October 4, the public reopened the graves of Amenhotep III, about a month before the full opening of the long-awaited Great Egypt Museum in Cairo, which houses more than 100,000 artifacts. The museum was scheduled to be announced in 1992 and construction began in 2002. In October 2024, about a year ago, more than a dozen Gem’s main galleries were opened to the public. The rest of the museum was originally opened in July, but the new one (seems to be the end) will be November 1.
Visitors to the new Cairo museum will now have another grave in the Valley of Kings, and they will visit if they decide to travel 400 miles south to Luxor.
