Officials also reopened the pyramid of Mycerinus, the smallest of the three Great Pyramids on the plateau, after a year's closure for restoration. We've also opened a lot of kings' pyramids, but today we are opening those of queens.
Queens have mystery.
Workmen labored for months in the pyramid of Mycerinus, cleaning graffiti off walls, reinforcing the walls and installing new ventilation and lighting systems. Gaballah Ali Gaballah, head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities, said the efforts were part of an overall refurbishing of the plateau. A guard walks through the entrance of the tomb of Yunmin. The new openings, Gaballah said, were not a ploy to lure tourists back to Egypt, which saw its lucrative position as a top tourist draw shattered late last year by terrorist attacks. But if something good comes out of it for tourism, we're not going to say no.