Egypt reopens ancient Avenue of Sphinxes with extravagant ceremony

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Egypt reopens 3,000-year-old Avenue of Sphinxes to the public in an extravagant ceremony.

“Tonight I will be witnessing one of the greatest events that has ever happened in my lifetime,” Ahmed Hammam, a Luxor tour guide, told NBC News ahead of the event.

“Today will be a day we will talk about for a hundred years to come,” said Hammam. “I hope everybody will enjoy it. Not just here in my hometown city, but in the whole of Egypt, and the whole of the world as well.” Performers take part in the reopening ceremony of the Avenue of Sphinxes on Nov. 25, 2021 in Luxor, Egypt.“The Opet festival will be held, as it was in the past at the time of the Pharaohs,” said Ali Abu Dashish, an Egyptian archaeologist and member of the Archaeological Union, ahead of Thursday’s event.

 

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