Egypt
- Ancient Temple Submerged In Sewage
Al Masry Al Youm An ancient Egyptian temple to the god Ptah in the village of Meet Rahina near Memphis, just south of Cairo, now sits submerged in sewage. The temple, which was built during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II (1279 BC - 1213 BC) and was once...
- Development: More Re Avenue Of Sphinxes In Luxor
IOL (Alexander Dziadosz) The remainder of the buried avenue will be uncovered in the next few years. "In the area that we restored, we found many sphinxes," Hawass said. "We'll be excavating the rest of the road until it can go to Karnak, and this...
- 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 On Move From Qurna
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/02/ap/tech/mainD8LP11902.shtml "The government began trying to get the families to leave after World War II, but talks repeatedly bogged down. Many residents, who depend on Luxor's tourist business to earn livings,...
- Bulldozers Have Moved In To Demolish Houses In Qurna
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6202342.stm"Bulldozers have moved in to demolish houses in the Egyptian village of Qurna which sits on top of dozens of pharaonic tombs in Luxor. The Egyptian government is determined to move the 3,200 families of...
Egypt
More on move from Qurna
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Villagers_cling_to_business_memorie_12022006.html
"Proximity to the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of Luxor has put most Qarna villagers into the tourism business: sculpting, alabaster shops, selling ancient Egyptian replicas, renting bikes or hawking souvenirs. But as Luxor authorities decided to relocate families by the hundreds to a new community to protect the monuments on which the village was literally built more than 100 years old, unrest marred the peaceful village. People seemed reluctant to leave - preferring their primitive village, lacking clean water and sewage, to the new, modern flats built for them. The new city has service centres, a post office, a police station, a cultural centre, electricity, running water, sewage, a mosque, schools, gardens and a market. But the presence of more services was of little interest to many, especially those from the younger generation. Some said that they hated leaving behind their 100-year-old homes - considered by some as family heritage, old and crumbling as they are."
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/03/news/luxor.php
- Ancient Temple Submerged In Sewage
Al Masry Al Youm An ancient Egyptian temple to the god Ptah in the village of Meet Rahina near Memphis, just south of Cairo, now sits submerged in sewage. The temple, which was built during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II (1279 BC - 1213 BC) and was once...
- Development: More Re Avenue Of Sphinxes In Luxor
IOL (Alexander Dziadosz) The remainder of the buried avenue will be uncovered in the next few years. "In the area that we restored, we found many sphinxes," Hawass said. "We'll be excavating the rest of the road until it can go to Karnak, and this...
- 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 On Move From Qurna
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/02/ap/tech/mainD8LP11902.shtml "The government began trying to get the families to leave after World War II, but talks repeatedly bogged down. Many residents, who depend on Luxor's tourist business to earn livings,...
- Bulldozers Have Moved In To Demolish Houses In Qurna
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6202342.stm"Bulldozers have moved in to demolish houses in the Egyptian village of Qurna which sits on top of dozens of pharaonic tombs in Luxor. The Egyptian government is determined to move the 3,200 families of...