Cairo (EFE) .- The Sphinx and the Pyramid Micerino , the smallest of the three stunning architecture rising on the plateau of Giza were opened today by Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb, after some restoration work in the case of grave Micerino lasted three years.
As of tomorrow Monday, this pyramid will reopen to the public for the first time, visitors can access the esplanade next to the Sphinx, whose neck and chest have been rehabilitated, and one of its sides.
“It’s a way Calling tourism, it is the first time you can go through all the sites around the Sphinx, “Efe said the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mustafa Min, who added that” being so close to such a large statue generates emotion. “
More than two months after the restoration work on the Sphinx began,” have installed all the reinforcements in the chest and neck to avoid problems caused by the climate Original Parts “
told Efe the supervisor of the restoration of the statue, Mohamed Saidi. On one side, new parts also replace old cracked using the measurements of the original due available to photogrammetric map of the entire sphinx said Saidi, who also noted that the statue is the subject of restoration work every two years.
With a history of 4600 years, the Sphinx limestone half man half lion, enjoyed veneration and worship in Pharaonic times.
As for the pyramid of Menkaure, three years of work have resulted in a salinity treatment of internal walls, installation of a new system Lighting and ventilation chambers and in the aisles.
The works also included the restoration of several tombs on the west side to be opened to the public soon.
The opening ceremony, which two hours it started later than planned and already under the sunset light, also attended by Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Mamdouh the Damati, and Tourism, Hisham Zaazu.
Damati confirmed that both monuments will be reopened to the public tomorrow and said that soon a new entry to the area and a road linking the new future Cairo Museum to the area of the pyramids will be added.
Zaazu said this year is producing a continuous increase in the number of tourists visiting the area and amounted to 1,700 the number of people visiting today, Sunday, the esplanade of the pyramids.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister said that this area is not the only one that has been restored and soon the work of improving the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (south), and the Cairo neighborhood of El Gamalia be completed.
The great plateau of Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, has a royal necropolis containing the sphinx, tombs of several kings and queens of the Fourth Dynasty, and the legendary Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus.
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