Scaffolding near a pillar at one section of the Hypostyle Hall in the Karnak temple

In a lot of Egyptian monuments, you can see scaffolding, or folks involved in some sort of restoration or preservation. It is only in the last 4-5 decades that Egypt has realized the full potential of its history, and has made efforts to preserve what remains and try to repair what is in some state of disarray. It is big effort, because of the number of monuments that exist in some state today.
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