Egypt: El-Dair El-Bahari temple will open in March

Gaballah Ali Gaballah, secretary general of the supreme council for archeology assured to ArabicNews.com that El-Dair El-Bahari temple is due to be opened in Luxor after the its repair, development and renovation work at the end of this month. He said the work done on the temple included combating ground water damage control to avoid leaks to inside the temple, adding that a joint Egypt - French mission is implementing the repairing works and will also decrease the ground water level in Karnak and Luxor as well as in Habo city in El-Bar El-Gharbi in addition to repair works in "City I" temple in Luxor city - in which the German institute for oriental archeology is participating.