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 Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan The Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan happened in July 29, 2018 (). Four Western touring cyclists were killed while cycling in the Danghara District, and two more were injured after five Islamist militants rammed them with a car and then got out of the vehicle and stabbed them. The attackers, in a posthumously released video, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, however, the Tajik authorities downplay the IS responsibility, blaming instead the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan. Terrorist movements are known to be present in Central Asia, Afghanistan, with which Tajikistan shares a