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The ancient Pharaonic tombs that have survived until today its vivid colors, close the doors to tourists to prevent damage by continued visits, so that in future only be able to contemplate their replicas.

These tombs were completely destroyed within 200 years due to the breath of tourists who visit, he said in an interview the general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawas.

Hawas thus explaining the reason for the decision to close some royal tombs in the historical city of Luxor, some 700 kilometers south of Cairo.

The only way to protect these antiquities is close and make replicas of them those tourists can visit, said Hawas, whose department controls the country’s antiquities.

The famous tomb of Tutankhamun (1361-1352 BC), discovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, known for being the only one found intact, it will be one that will soon close its doors visitors.

Not escape the new project the beautiful tombs of Seti I, father of Ramses II, who reigned between 1314 and 1304 BC in the Valley of the Kings and Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramses II in the Valley of the Queens. In fact, both are closed.

Using lasers, several experts have begun to take pictures of the refined details, drawings and writings which adorn the walls of the three tombs to repeat them in replicas, constructed in the same Valley of the Kings, on the western shore Nile

Only specialists in archeology will visit the original graves, after paying “expensive tickets,” said Hawas.

Some experts in Egyptology as the Shamaa Basaam, who also works as a tour guide for 25 years, not like the idea of making replicas of antiques, but they do care about the maintenance of temples.