Last Week Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), and Samir Farag, head of Luxor City Supreme Council (LCSC) celebrated the completion of several development projects at archaeological sites on both the east and west banks of the Nile. They also visited other ongoing projects for which the total budget was LE127 million. These projects include the restoration of Howard Carter's rest-house with a view to developing it as a museum, the first phase of the installation of a new lighting system in the Valley of the Kings, a new visitor centre at Deir Al-Bahari, and the reopening of the Youssef Abul-Haggag mosque after restoration. The first leg of the tour to inspect restoration began on the west bank at the mud-brick rest-house that was the residence of the discoverer of Tutankhamun's tomb in the early 1900s. Restoration of the house was carried in collaboration with a French team and will be completed in time for the inauguration on 4 November, the day Carter discovered the tomb. Hawass said that to celebrate 86 years since the discovery, a one-day workshop would be held alongside a forum for dialogue surrounding Carter's discovery and subsequent research on the Valley of the Kings. [...]