Egypt Pyramid reopened after restoration

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(30 Aug 1996) T/I: 10:33:38 • • Egypt's Chephren pyramid reopened to the public on Wednesday (28/8) following a 10-month restoration project, . The Chephren pyramid is the second largest of the three great pyramids of Giza, measuring 136 metres tall. Graffiti by the Italian adventurer Belzoni, who first opened the tomb in 1816, has also been preserved. • • SHOWS. • • Egypt.28/8 + file • • FILE. • WS of pyramids; • Inside pyramid; • CU two workers; • Tilt down from roof interior; • CU year of discovery graffitti; • Man brushing stone; • • 28/8. • Group including Minister of Culture walking near pyramids; • CU security guard; • CU minister and group walking down into pyramid; • Man walking through pyramid corridor; • CU man down staircase; • WS man emerging into chamber; • SOT Farouk Hosni Minister of Culture: We have been restoring the burial chamber, we have been restoring the corridors, we have been submitting a new lighting system, new monitoring system. We have also a new ventilation system that can make a balance between the humidity and the temeparture and we make it more accessible to the visitor for the staircases etc. ; • CU tourist entering chamber; • CU tourists in chamber; • MS tourists ; • CU security camera; • CU humidifier; • PAN up wall showing discoverer's graffitti; • • RUNS 1.59 • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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