Egypt's Imhotep Museum reopens after renovation


CAIRO, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The newly-restored Imhotep Museum was reopened Sunday at Saqqara necropolis, south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Named after Imhotep, an architect and a minister to Djoser, the second king of Egypt's third dynasty, the museum houses 286 artifacts in six halls, in addition to about 70 artifacts on temporary display.

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