The Minister of State for Antiquities has announced that the Avenue of Sphinxes will be partly open to the public by mid March.
The Avenue of Sphinxes was built during the reign of Pharaoh Nectanebo I of the 30th Dynasty. It replaced another built in the 18th Dynasty by Hatshepsut (1502-1482 BC), as she recorded on the walls of her red chapel in Karnak Temple. According to this record, Hatshepsut built six chapels dedicated to the god Amun-Re on the route of the avenue during her reign, indicating that it had long been a place of religious significance.
Over time the avenue was lost, with some of its sphinxes destroyed and whole stretches buried in sand.
Source: All About Egypt
