With two photographs of the tomb.
Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, announced today that the tomb of Haremhab, 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 to reduce and control the rate of humidity and heat, which has affected the tomb’s wall paintings in the past, leading to its original closure.
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The tomb of Haremhab, in the Valley of the King’s on Luxor’s West Bank, has been reopened today following the installation of state-of-the-art equipment to control the rate of humidity within.
Belonging to Haremhab, the last Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty from 1319 BC to late 1292 BC, the tomb is the first to have such technology installed. The aim is to reduce and control the rate of humidity and heat. This condition has heavily affected the burial’s wall paintings in the past, leading to its original closure.
A scientific team is now monitoring the efficiency of the technology. If all operates successfully, the innovative equipment will be installed in all tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
3 comments:
This is interesting..
http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/news/EQ12%20_2_beneath.htm
Argh what are they on about it has been open since June and I blogged it back thensqlkagme
Oh well. Another one that slipped my memory. I didn't recall that the tomb had re-opened in spite of the fact that I really want to visit it. Too many posts to remember them all! Recently I seem to be failing to pick up on older articles that are published as new. You'll just have to bear with me because I haven't got the time to check each one just in case I've posted about it previously.
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