{"id":557351,"date":"2021-09-15T04:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/09\/15\/the-opening-of-the-djoser-tomb-tops-coverage-in-the-foreign-press\/"},"modified":"2021-09-15T04:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:00:47","slug":"the-opening-of-the-djoser-tomb-tops-coverage-in-the-foreign-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/09\/15\/the-opening-of-the-djoser-tomb-tops-coverage-in-the-foreign-press\/","title":{"rendered":"The opening of the Djoser tomb tops coverage in the foreign press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Never ones to ignore a good bit of Egyptology news<\/strong>, the foreign press was all over yesterday\u2019s opening of the newly restored tomb of King Djoser in Saqqara. The renovation of the 4,700 year-old cemetery complex, also known as the Southern Tomb, began in 2006. Its completion comes on the back of a string of recent announcements<\/a> of new discoveries in Saqqara and a Netflix documentary<\/a> on the team of Egyptian archaeologists unearthing its riches. Egypt\u2019s tourism ministry marked the opening with a video including footage of the inside of the tomb (watch, runtime: 0:59<\/a>). Reuters reported<\/a> the story, while Bloomberg<\/a>, the Washington Post<\/a> and ABC News<\/a> all picked it up from the AP.<\/p>\n

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