Al Kebbash Road
Luxor Temple and Al-Kebbash Road hosted participants of the Miss World competition for Tourism and the Environment.
This decision comes within the framework of the ministry's strategy to organize a variety of touristic events and activities throughout the year.
The spectacular event took months of vigorous preparations, and will no doubt captivate the entire world, as it will highlight the beauty and luster of Egypt’s Luxor; The City of the Sun.
The giant project of restoring Al-Kebbash Road {Rams Road} will turn Luxor into an open museum, since the road connects the Karnak Temples in the north with Luxor Temple in the south.
Luxor’s King’s Festivities Road [Al-Kebbash Road] dates back more than 5,000 years ago.
Currently, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, as well as the concerned authorities and organizers of the ceremony are conducting the last rehearsals.
It is considered the largest archaeological event similar to the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade.
Egypt’s Tourism Minister Khaled El-Enani said on Thursday that the date of the Al-Kebbash Road reopening will be set within days.
Egypt aims to convert Luxor into an open museum.
The discovery was made while excavating south of the Karnak temples at the gate of Ptolemy III Euergetes.
The project to modernize and restore the Al-Kebbash Road in Luxor is one of the most important archaeological projects that the state is currently implementing.
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled el-Enani asserted that President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is closely following up all tourism and archaeological projects nationwide.
Al-Kebbash Road is the road that connects the Luxor Temple with the Karnak Temples.
At present, the final touches are placed prior to its launching in a majestic event befitting the grandiose ancient Egyptian civilization.
60 percent of restoration of Great Pillar Hall of Karnak Temple completed.
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inspected the works of the restoration project of Al-Kebbash Road in Luxor [Rams Road], as well as the ongoing works in Karnak and Luxor temples.
The Karnak Temples area witnessed the largest national project to save 29 statues of rams inside the Karnak temples, after completing the restoration of the statues and protecting them from destruction.
