Valley of the Kings is extensive. The tomb has been newly restored and opened for visitors. By the end of the New Kingdom, Egypt had entered a long period of political and economic decline. The priests at Thebes grew more powerful, and they effectively administered Upper Egypt, while kings ruling from Tanis controlled Lower Egypt. Some attempt at using the open tombs was made at the start of the Twenty-first Dynasty, with the High Priest of Amun, Pinedjem I, adding his cartouche to KV4. The Valley began to be heavily plundered, so during the Twenty-first Dynasty the priests of Amun opened most of the
Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan the General prosecutor of Tajikistan consider that the IS allegiance is just a cover. The backer of the attack appears to be a 45 years old Tajik cleric named Nosirhoja Ubaidov and known as Qori Nosir who radicalized Hussein Abdusamadov and asked him to carry out a terrorist attack. Tajik authorities have linked him with the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan and Iran without presenting any specific evidence, both the IRPT and Iran have denied any links with the attack. Tajikistan experts have put into question the Tajik government allegations, insisting that the attack was most likely perpetuated by grass-roots