Mamduh al-Damati

Architects and scientists from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan will use modern infrared technology and advanced detectors to map four Egyptian pyramidsA group of Egyptian and foreign experts launched a new bid to unravel the "secrets" of the pyramids on Oct. 25, including a search for hidden chambers inside the four famed pharaonic monuments.

The tomb of legendary boy pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt?s Valley of the Kings will close from October for restorations, the antiquities ministry said Sept. 20.