Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Dr. Khaled Al-Anani and Counselor Mustafa Ilham the Governor of Luxor, in the presence of Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities inaugurated the works of the first phase of the project of restoring a group of rams’ statues located behind the first pylon in the Temple of Amun Ra in the temples of Karnak in Luxor.
The process included the completion of the restoration of 29 statues in the southern region, and a signal was given to start the implementation of the second phase, which includes restoring the rest of the 19 statues group in the northern region.
During the inauguration, the minister and the Governor listened to a detailed explanation from the archaeologist Salah Al-Masakh about the work that was done to restore the statues of the rams.
The minister thanked the restorers and workers who carried out this huge work, and also thanked the governor for the work done by the governorate to develop the city’s infrastructure and the cornice.
Dr. Khaled Al-Anani explained that his presence today, on the second day of the new year, to the city of Luxor comes to encourage cultural tourism and support workers in the sector, expressing his happiness at the start of the return of cultural tourism
There are now about 40 floating hotels operating between Luxor and Aswan, which a few days ago were about 10 hotels.
