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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online After decades of lying beside the sacred lake at the Karnak Temple in Luxor, a team of Egyptian restorers and archaeologists succeeded in re-erecting the restored Hatshepsut’s obelisk on Saturday. The obelisk was carved from granite and originally erected at Karnak Temple, but a destructive …

Egypt Independent Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, announced; “the first phase of the restoration of the Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak has been completed on Wednesday”. “The development work turned the hall into an architectural and artistic masterpiece, with its red, yellow, blue and green colours …