Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
- Avenue Of Sphinxes To Open To Public In March
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) If I remember rightly, this was supposed to open October/November, so this is a fairly substantial delay, but unsurprising under the circumstances. During an inspection tour of Luxor’s archaeological sites, the Minister...
- Opening Plans For The Avenue Of Sphinxes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Dr. Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities, made the announcement following a meeting attended by Major General Khalid Fouda, Governor of Luxor, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, Undersecretary of State for the Minister’s...
- More Re Avenue Of Sphinxes Discoveries
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- More Re Luxor's Avenue Of Sphinxes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The SCA currently has many restoration projects underway. One of the most important is the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor. This is an avenue that stretches between Karnak and Luxor Temples and is lined with sphinxes, although most...
- In The Field: Sphinx-lined Alley Hints At Wealth Of Egypt's Lost Empires
Egypt State Information Service In an important step to implement the plan for developing Luxor over the coming 30 years and turn it into an international archaeological open museum. Mr. Farouk Hosni Minister of Culture stressed that the development project...
Egypt
More re Avenue of the Sphinxes
Al Masry Al Youm
Archaeologists and tour guides in Luxor on Sunday demanded that Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, launch an international campaign for saving Kabash Road.
Kabash Road connects Karnak and Luxor temples at a length of 2700 meters. People have illegally built on it since the start of Egypt’s revolution at the end of January.
Mansour Barek, supervisor of the archaeological area, emphasized the necessity of providing funds for compensating those whose buildings will be bulldozed and relocating people living in Abu Asaba, north of Kabash Road, whose dwellings encroach on the road.
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Although the development works in the Avenue of the Sphinxes on Luxor’s east bank is on hold due to lack of funds, it will be officially opened in October, according to original schedule.
“This is the only way to save such an avenue from further encroachment,” Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), told Ahram Online.
He explained that when the development works were put on hold, Luxor’s inhabitants trespassed in the area surrounding the avenue, which threatened the newly discovered antiquities there.
Archaeologists have unearthed a number of Roman buildings and workshops used for the manufacture of clay pots and statues, as well as several reliefs. One of the reliefs bears the cartouche of the famous Queen Cleopatra VII (51-30 BC).
When the avenue is opened to visitors, says Abdel Maqsoud, all encroachments will stop.
To help resume the development work at the avenue, which has already cost LE100 Million, the Ministry of Tourism has offered the SCA LE3 Million.
- Avenue Of Sphinxes To Open To Public In March
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) If I remember rightly, this was supposed to open October/November, so this is a fairly substantial delay, but unsurprising under the circumstances. During an inspection tour of Luxor’s archaeological sites, the Minister...
- Opening Plans For The Avenue Of Sphinxes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Dr. Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities, made the announcement following a meeting attended by Major General Khalid Fouda, Governor of Luxor, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, Undersecretary of State for the Minister’s...
- More Re Avenue Of Sphinxes Discoveries
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) TWELVE sphinx statues from the reign of the 30th- Dynasty Pharaoh Nectanebo I were unearthed last week in Luxor, reports Nevine El-Aref. Archaeologists have unearthed a set of 12 limestone sphinx statues near the road...
- More Re Luxor's Avenue Of Sphinxes
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The SCA currently has many restoration projects underway. One of the most important is the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor. This is an avenue that stretches between Karnak and Luxor Temples and is lined with sphinxes, although most...
- In The Field: Sphinx-lined Alley Hints At Wealth Of Egypt's Lost Empires
Egypt State Information Service In an important step to implement the plan for developing Luxor over the coming 30 years and turn it into an international archaeological open museum. Mr. Farouk Hosni Minister of Culture stressed that the development project...