The Valley of the Kings, Liam Scully [e book reader free TXT] 📗

found a golden coffin from the royal workshop. The last one was not excavated yet. Then in July of 2006, Dr. Zawii Hawas personally opened the last coffin. Inside, hoping to kind Queen Kia, King Tutankhamun's mom, they were disappointed to find that it was just full of jewlery and offerings.

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In 2002, a group of researchers researching the land and depressions in the valley found a deep depression in the valley. However, they know it is probably another tomb. They have made an attempt to excavate the area, however, the plan backfired by the flash floods that the Nile brings year-round.

The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and concerns
In Egypt, there is an antiquities department that takes care of the museums and national monuments. The department is called the Supreme Council of Antiquities, headed by Dr. Zawii Hawas. There are many concerns in Egypt. Some of the tourists that visit sometimes take back a souvenir, like the piece of the wall, or some paint. However, the paint and wall are being destroyed. The conservation process that is used to preserve the paintings is too weak. Thus, it is easier for the tourists to take the paint or wall off. Every year, as I have discussed in the first part of this paper, the area floods right above the tombs. However, even though they prepare beforehand, sometimes the water leaks and damages the tombs. As well, dust storms occur too. Once, the trucks bringing tourists to Seti's tomb were too heavy and the roof almost collapsed because the trucks had to cross over the tomb to the unloading dock! The Valley of the Kings is a rich cultural statement is proven by the fact that when King Tut was found, his possessions gave veiwers the inside scoop on life and funiture in ancient Egypt.


Nowadays, the valley looks as it had been thousands of years ago. The same hillsides, the tombs camouflaged with the desert below. The lady of the peak is still standing there. The Nile is on the west side as it had been thousands of years ago. The blue sky with Horus in his boat in the sky as he makes his way west. And the busy people below, tourists and natives, in the valley are walking, in the footsteps, of a pharaoh.

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