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Confirmed: Photography not allowed at the Valley of the Kings
Image via Wikipedia Dr. Zahi Hawass has issued a statement prohibiting the use of cameras at the Valley of the Kings. Two reasons are cited for this decree, as he himself calls it: the careless use of flash by visitors and the incapacity of the authorities to prevent guards from accepting bribes in exchange for... »
Zahi Hawass denies forbidding tourists from picturing historic sites
Comments have been circulating that Egyptian authorities have forbidden the use of any visual recording device (cameras, video cameras, cellphones, etc.) at the entire Valley of the Kings, both outside and inside the tombs. According to a statement by the Egyptian Culture Ministry, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)... »
Valley of the Kings – No cameras allowed
Image via Wikipedia A guest at Jane Akshar’s Flats at Luxor was told by the inspectorate that cameras are banned from the Valley of the Kings. I had previously read about the banning of video cameras but it seems that all kinds of photography devices are now required to be left at the gate. Kate Phizackerley,... »
VIDEO: Closing in on KV64
The last royal tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings is KV62, the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen found in 1922 by Howard Carter. Since then, only one more tomb (KV63) has been discovered, in 2005 by Dr. Otto Schaden. Believed at first to be a royal tomb, it is now regarded as a... »
Opinion: Against tomb replicas
Apparently, the exhalations of tourists in Egypt are threatening the very existence of the tombs of Tutankhamun and his fellow pharaohs. So they are going to be banned. A lot of people will tut-tut, but I think this is a responsible step to stop the humidity and fungus – caused by inconsiderate and wilful... »
The Valley of the Replicas
Image by kairoinfo4u via Flickr Soon the the most popular tombs in the west bank of ancient Thebes will be visited only by the rich and famous. There will be a “Replica Valley” for the rest of us. The valleys of the Kings and Queens lure thousands of tourists to the Theban west bank every day,... »
Official reopening of the Tomb of Horemheb
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced today that the tomb of Horemheb, in the Valley of the King’s on Luxor’s West Bank, has been reopened following the installation of state-of-the-art equipment to control the rate of humidity within. He added that this tomb is the first to have such technology installed in an attempt... »
Ancient tomb replicas to be installed in the Valley of the Kings
Two of the most beautiful and important ancient Egyptian tombs in Luxor are currently and sort of permanently closed to the public – the Tomb of Nefertari (QV66) in the Valley of the Queens and the Tomb of Seti I (KV17) in the Valley of the Kings. In order for visitors to the valley to... »
KV57 Horemheb Tomb opens to public
Jane Ashkar from Luxor News has posted the happy news that the tomb of Pharaoh Horemheb (KV57) is now open to visitors to the Valley of the Kings, though only for one week. Horemheb was the successor of king Tutankhamen and the last pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. He was a descendant ... »
Tourism in Luxor – too much of a good thing?
Image by Shelby PDX via Flickr Fifty years ago fewer than a hundred visitors a day visited Luxor’s magnificent monuments. Now there are as many as 9,000, and they are largely responsible for rapid changes in temperature and humidity levels in the tombs. Kent Weeks, director of the Theban Mapping Project (TMP) since 1979, has devoted... »
