RENOVATED AND READY FOR DISPLAY Amenhotep III's tomb opens after 20 years

EGYPT on Saturday opened a tomb of a pharaoh for visitors after more than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor, as it prepares for the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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Visitors explore Amenhotep III's tomb in the Valley of Kings in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt as it opened to visitors for the first time in over 20 years

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The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 BC and 1350 BC, is located on the western side of the famed Valley of the Kings. It was found in 1799 by two people and its contents were looted, including the sarcophagus, Egyptian antiquities authorities said.