Egypt
International Herald Tribune
- Death Of A Village
Times Online, UK (James Hilder) Just outside the Valley of the Kings a set of ancient tombs has created a very modern controversy. Western archaeologists accuse the Egyptian Government of forcibly displacing thousands of people from a unique local community...
- More Re Eviction Of Qurna
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2374347.ece"Slowly Qurna is being erased from the map. The process began last December after the Luxor authorities ordered the demolition of all the village's mud brick houses. 'In just five minutes,'...
- More Re Qurna Move
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5265Another fairly lengthy article about the pros and cons of the decision to rehouse the residents of Qurna in order to excavate the tombs beneath their extensive village. If you usually use Firefox...
- Moving Luxor Homes From Ancient Sites
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o160824r.htm The Ministry of Tourism have announced that they are planning to move 150 houses currently on the path of the avenue of ram-headed sphinxes in Luxor, and will pay residents compensation for this. This...
- Avenue Of Rams
This is another article on the fast paced excavation of the ancient avenue of rams with everything in its path being demolished for the peoples own good, that is according to the governor of Luxor. The evicted residents are being offered money...
Egypt
More evictions at Qurna
International Herald Tribune
Almost 60 mud brick houses were demolished Sunday near tombs in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor after security forces used tear gas to force out residents, according to inhabitants.For the past half century, local authorities and officials in Egypt's antiquities department have been trying to move inhabitants out of the Gurna area adjacent to the Pharaonic era tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
Last year, several houses were demolished and inhabitants moved to new houses several miles away, however many locals still refuse to leave, describing the replacement houses as substandard. . . .
Officials from Egypt's antiquities department have long decried the Gurna residents and there have been several attempts over the years to move them out because their homes rest near several tombs.
They accuse the residents of making their living by robbing tombs and selling the artifacts to tourists and collectors.
Jane Akshar has also posted about this on her Luxor News Blog, saying that property has also been demolished at Al Gezira on the floodplain where there is no evidence of archaeological remains. She says that much of the additional demolition work is being carried in order to create a Luxor Open Air Museum. She includes a photograph of the demolition by bulldozers of shops local to her.
- Death Of A Village
Times Online, UK (James Hilder) Just outside the Valley of the Kings a set of ancient tombs has created a very modern controversy. Western archaeologists accuse the Egyptian Government of forcibly displacing thousands of people from a unique local community...
- More Re Eviction Of Qurna
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2374347.ece"Slowly Qurna is being erased from the map. The process began last December after the Luxor authorities ordered the demolition of all the village's mud brick houses. 'In just five minutes,'...
- More Re Qurna Move
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5265Another fairly lengthy article about the pros and cons of the decision to rehouse the residents of Qurna in order to excavate the tombs beneath their extensive village. If you usually use Firefox...
- Moving Luxor Homes From Ancient Sites
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o160824r.htm The Ministry of Tourism have announced that they are planning to move 150 houses currently on the path of the avenue of ram-headed sphinxes in Luxor, and will pay residents compensation for this. This...
- Avenue Of Rams
This is another article on the fast paced excavation of the ancient avenue of rams with everything in its path being demolished for the peoples own good, that is according to the governor of Luxor. The evicted residents are being offered money...