Added to the very end of the above Egypt Today article on the KV63 discovery, there's a remark from Zahi Hawass re a discovery in Saqqara, yet to be announced: "And while Egypt continues its high-level program to diversify its tourism intake to include attractions beyond the Pharaohs, Hawass has another surprise in the works that he is certain will help attract a record number of visitors this year. 'Some people put on perfume in the morning,' he says. 'My perfume is the sand. If I don’t smell the sand every day, I will die. Egypt is still so rich. I made a discovery recently in Saqqara. I haven’t announced it yet, but it will show that you can still discover cachets and' He pauses, and it’s the long, dramatic pause for which he is famous on international television. 'and even whole pyramids in Egypt.' ”
Interesting! I look forward to that announcement.
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