This story is two months old, but in light of the conservation of Tutankhamun's tomb I've added it. Better late than never!
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt and Director of Excavations at the Giza Pyramids, Saqqara and Bahariya Oasis, told Agence France-Presse on August 17, 2009 that the wall decorations of his country's pharaonic tombs near Luxor (ancient Thebes) are in danger of disappearing due to environmental and biological factors. His solution is to close many of the tombs to tourists after conservation and construct scale replicas within each site's vicinity near the Nile River's west bank.
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