Egypt
Cairo/Giza Daily Photo (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani)
Maryanne follows this story with the better news that he local families met the other night and told the members who built the road that they could not quarry in this area, but it still makes one wonder how it went so far without anyone taking action to prevent it.
- Garbage Dumping And Archaeological Looting In Abu Sir Alarm Residents
Egypt Independent With photograph. Since last January’s uprising, the archaeologically rich area of Abu Sir in the Giza Governorate has come to resemble an ad hoc garbage disposal site due to a lack of law enforcement coupled with an ongoing...
- Travel: Observing The Pilgrims
Living in Egypt blog (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) I look at Maryanne Stroud Gabbani's blogs most days because they offer a great insight into her life in the rural outskirts of Cairo and Giza. Today she describes taking some visitors to the Giza plateau...
- Urbanization Threatens Pyramids
jacksonville.com (Brian Norman) There have been several features about this subject over the years, but it never hurts to be reminded. The Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza are the most recognized objects in Egypt and attract millions of tourists each...
- Video: Traffic Using World Heritage Land At Giza As Unofficial Highway
BBC News (narrated by Christian Fraser) This was featured on the BBC News 24 television channel last night and my eyes nearly popped out of my head at some of the footage. I'm very glad that they have featured the same story on the BBC website today,...
- ‘secret’ North Giza Development Project Threatens Residents
Egypt Daily Star News (Reem Abu Zahra) Following over one year since the presidential decree to develop the entire district of North Giza in May 2007, the plans continue to trigger controversy due to the lack of information about the project. The district...
Egypt
Illegal road on antiquities land near Abusir
Cairo/Giza Daily Photo (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani)
Maryanne follows this story with the better news that he local families met the other night and told the members who built the road that they could not quarry in this area, but it still makes one wonder how it went so far without anyone taking action to prevent it.
I went to Sakkara Country Club with a friend today to arrange a stay for him and his wife next weekend. While there the manager opened his drapes and waved at a dark line in the desert next to the Club. Apparently last night a group of local sand and gravel miners trucked in tons of clay to construct a road coming in from the asphalt road to the Giza dump to the north, along the edge of the desert and then up the hills just behind the Club. Apparently the goal is to mine and truck away the hills behind the Club that hid the sight and considerable stench of the Giza dump from the rest of us. And this is on antiquities land. The dump is not but the road most certainly is, and it's highly probable that the workers on this endeavor will enjoy a bit of moonlight archaeology. So who are they paying off? The Army or Antiquities? Or both?
- Garbage Dumping And Archaeological Looting In Abu Sir Alarm Residents
Egypt Independent With photograph. Since last January’s uprising, the archaeologically rich area of Abu Sir in the Giza Governorate has come to resemble an ad hoc garbage disposal site due to a lack of law enforcement coupled with an ongoing...
- Travel: Observing The Pilgrims
Living in Egypt blog (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) I look at Maryanne Stroud Gabbani's blogs most days because they offer a great insight into her life in the rural outskirts of Cairo and Giza. Today she describes taking some visitors to the Giza plateau...
- Urbanization Threatens Pyramids
jacksonville.com (Brian Norman) There have been several features about this subject over the years, but it never hurts to be reminded. The Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza are the most recognized objects in Egypt and attract millions of tourists each...
- Video: Traffic Using World Heritage Land At Giza As Unofficial Highway
BBC News (narrated by Christian Fraser) This was featured on the BBC News 24 television channel last night and my eyes nearly popped out of my head at some of the footage. I'm very glad that they have featured the same story on the BBC website today,...
- ‘secret’ North Giza Development Project Threatens Residents
Egypt Daily Star News (Reem Abu Zahra) Following over one year since the presidential decree to develop the entire district of North Giza in May 2007, the plans continue to trigger controversy due to the lack of information about the project. The district...