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Hani Sameer

Hani Sameer

Oct 16, 2018

The Karnak Temple Complex in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, is seen in this image posted Sept. 23, 2016. — Facebook/professionalphotographersclub

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A recently discovered stone ram heads at the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor, Egypt.

New stone ram heads discovered in Egypt’s Luxor

Ibrahim Ayyad

Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities restorers and archaeologists restore the statue of King Thutmose II.

Egypt restores massive statue of King Thutmose II

Ahmed Gomaa

A visitor takes pictures of the hieroglyph-adorned walls in KV11, the Tomb of Pharaoh Ramses III, at the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of the Nile River, Luxor, Egypt, Jan. 18, 2022.

Egypt restores Golden Shrine at ancient temple in Luxor

Ahmed Gomaa

Conservationists restore some of the hieroglyphic murals along the roof of the Great Hypostyle Hall next to a column bearing a representation of the Egyptian god Amun-Min in the Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, Jan. 17, 2022.

Egypt restores Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak Temple

Ahmed Gomaa