Egypt opens 4,000-year-old tomb on Luxor's West Bank, oldest open to public

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Egypt opens 4,000-year-old tomb on Luxor's West Bank, oldest open to public
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CAIRO : Egypt has restored, documented and opened to tourists the Middle Kingdom tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings. Meru was a high-ranking official at the court of the 11t

A view of the 4,000-year-old tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings, after restoration by a Polish mission in Luxor and Egyptian archaeologists, by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt February 9, 2023.

Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri and Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass pose, to inaugurate the 4,000-year-old tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings, after restoration by a Polish mission in Luxor and Egyptian archaeologists, by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt February 9, 2023.

An Egyptian employee works at the 4,000-year-old tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings, after restoration by a Polish mission in Luxor and Egyptian archaeologists, by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt February 9, 2023.

Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, speaks to the media during the inauguration of the 4,000-year-old tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings, after restoration by a Polish mission in Luxor and Egyptian archaeologists, by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt February 9, 2023.

Egyptian officials inaugurate the 4,000-year-old tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings, after restoration by a Polish mission in Luxor and Egyptian archaeologists, by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt February 9, 2023.

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