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Egypt has just reopened the 4,700-year-old southern tomb of King Djoser for tourists at the Complex of Saqqara after a 15-year renewal.

Inside the Tomb

The tomb, south of Cairo, lies near the Third Dynasty pharaoh’s famous Step Pyramid, Egypt’s first large-scale stone structure, which itself had been closed for renovation till March 2020.

Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said that the southern tomb, was built between 2667 BC and 2648 BC, is thought to have been built for symbolic reasons, or perhaps to keep Djoser’s internal organs.

Egypt seeks to revive tourism sector after the coronavirus pandemic and has unveiled a series of new discoveries and a new museum in the recent months.