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Egypt to restrict visits to Tutankhamun tomb
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by René | November 15, 2007 at 05:26 am
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Sun 11 Nov 2007, 13:10 GMTCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will limit the number of visitors to the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun to 400 a day from December 1 and close it from May 2008 for restoration work on the wall paintings, the government said on Sunday.
A statement from the Supreme Antiquities Council said the aim was to preserve the tomb, but it gave no details.
The face of the boy pharaoh went on display in the antechamber of the tomb last week when his mummified body was moved from his stone sarcophagus to a sealed Plexiglas case.
How much is the entrance fee, now that they cut down their expectations of increased visits?
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at 06:33 on November 15th, 2007
At first glance, this seems like a way to make the experience more "premium" somehow. Like the VIP room in a club, only with a dessicated corpse instead of bottle service...
at 15:30 on November 15th, 2007
Hawass was planning on 750 visitors a day. not 400. He must be disappointed.
The extra fee to visit Tut's Tomb used to be $10 plus the fee to visit the Valley of the Kings.