Egypt restores ancient road connecting two temple complexes of Luxor and Karnak
November 27, 2021, 6:50 am

Egypt restores ancient road connecting two temple complexes of Luxor and Karnak

Restored road connecting two ancient Egyptian temple complexes in Karnak and Luxor/Facebook page

The Guardian reported, a restored road connecting two ancient Egyptian temple complexes in Karnak and Luxor has been unveiled in a lavish ceremony aimed at raising the profile of one of Egypt’s top tourist spots.

The procession on Thursday to reopen the 1.7-mile (2.7km) road included a reenactment of the ancient Opet festival, in which statues of Theban deities were paraded annually during the New Kingdom era in celebration of fertility and the flooding of the Nile.

Lavish ceremony to restore road connecting two ancient Egyptian temple complexes in Karnak and Luxor /Facebook page

The Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, marched along the road at the start of the ceremony. Pharaonic chariots and more than 400 young performers dressed in pharaonic costumes paraded along the avenue.

The 3,400-year-old road linking the ancient centres of Karnak and Luxor, also known as Road of the Rams or Avenue of the Sphinxes, is lined with hundreds of ram- and human-headed sphinxes, though over the years many have been eroded or destroyed.

The road has undergone several restoration efforts since being discovered in 1949, and the latest began in 2017.

Tourism is a crucial source of jobs and hard currency for Egypt, which has made a concerted effort to lure back the travellers kept away by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Guardian mentioned that in April, 22 ancient royal mummies from Luxor and the nearby Valley of the Kings were paraded from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation.

It should be noted that Egypt’s tourism revenues plunged to about $4bn (£3bn) in 2020, down from $13bn in 2019.

Source: theguardian

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