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Egypt on Thursday reopened a renovated 3,000-year-old walkway that once linked the famed temples of Karnak and Luxor in the southern part of the country, in an effort to boost tourism, a major source of national income. Built in the ancient city of Thebes, the Avenue of Sphinxes was unveiled Thursday at a televised ceremony that Egyptian officials said was part of a campaign to promote Luxor as one of the world’s largest open museums. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and senior state officials attended the ceremony, which featured a reenactment of an ancient religious festival along th…