Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said the two tombs of Kings Ramses III and Ramses VI, in the meantime, will be closed for regular rejuvenation works.

    Sabri Abdel-Aziz, Chief of the SCA’s Egyptian Antiquities Sector, said King Thutmose III’s tomb is one of the most important royal ones considering his undisputed role in founding the Egyptian empire during the Modern Kingdom era.