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Egypt: Egypt Opens One of the Valley of the Kings' Largest Tombs
DW, 4 October 2025
The tomb of Amenhotep III has been opened to the public after undergoing 20 years of renovation with support from the Japanese government and UNESCO. Read more »
The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt between 1390 and 1350 B.C.E., has reopened in Luxor after being renovated for 20 years by the Japanese government and UNESCO.
The tomb is one of the largest in the Valley of the Kings and has been undergoing two decades of renovation work under a Japanese-led, three-phased restoration project. Antiquities authorities said the site was first found in 1799 and its contents were looted, including the sarcophagus.
It took more than 260 specialists, including researchers, restorers, and technicians, to save the site.
Egyptian authorities have launched a search for a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that vanished from the Egyptian Museum's restoration laboratory in Cairo.
The rare piece, decorated with lapis lazuli beads, dated back to the reign of King Amenemope of the 21st Dynasty (993-984 BC). It was last seen in the museum's restoration lab, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The antiquities ministry
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The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter, but several members of the excavation team, including Carter's backer Lord Carnarvon, died mysteriously soon after. Legends of the "pharaoh's curse" were born from these deaths, which were long regarded as supernatural but later linked to a toxic fungus called Aspergillus flavus.
The mold, common in soil and ancient
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The tomb of Amenhotep III now open at the Valley of the Kings, Luxor – A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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