Overview

• Egyptian authorities held an inauguration in Luxor as the ancient burial complex opened to visitors on Saturday.
• UNESCO had warned the tomb risked collapse and highlighted 18th‑dynasty wall paintings of exceptional quality.
• The renovation spanned more than two decades and involved about 260 specialists, conservators and technicians.
• The royal tomb, recorded in 1799 and further excavated in 1915, saw many funerary figurines dispersed to the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum and Highclere Castle.
• The pharaoh’s mummy and granite sarcophagus are housed at the Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, and colossal statues are displayed at the Egyptian Museum and the Grand Egyptian Museum.