Egypt
- 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 Qurna Relocation
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=504302007The Qurna issue just isn't going away: "The families have been resettled in a nearby new town with running water and telephones. But 80 are holding out, saying they want more from a government...
- More Re Qurna Relocation
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7166A lengthy article about the relocation of the inhabitants of Qurna on the West Bank at Luxor, in order to provide access to archaeological sites. It repeats much of what has already been said, emphasising...
- 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...
- 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 re Qurna move
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5265
Another 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 as a browser I recommend that you switch to Explorer for viewing this article, as in Firefox it displays with overlapping text.
"The city of Luxor contains one third of the world’s total antiquities and brings in 3.5 million tourists a year, according to Luxor’s governor, Samir Farag. And Old Gurna currently lies on the route of many tour programs, mainly for the alabaster factories that lie along the side of the road. . . . But although the tour agencies, guides and bus drivers receive a large commission from these factories, in some cases up to 75 percent of the total sale, and factory owners and employees depend on these sales for their livelihoods, tourists are not all pleased with this imposed stop between tomb and temple visits. . . . Old Gurna residents depend on the constant influx of tourists and on the odd jobs provided by archeological missions to make their livings. So their relocation to New Taref, three kilometers down the road and both off the normal tour route and away from the nobles’ tombs they’ve been living over for generations, has been cause for their concern.
But the Egyptian government is adamant that they are doing the right thing. And by the beginning of February 2007, most of the Old Gurna homes will have been demolished and excavations will have started."
But the Egyptian government is adamant that they are doing the right thing. And by the beginning of February 2007, most of the Old Gurna homes will have been demolished and excavations will have started."
- 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 Qurna Relocation
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=504302007The Qurna issue just isn't going away: "The families have been resettled in a nearby new town with running water and telephones. But 80 are holding out, saying they want more from a government...
- More Re Qurna Relocation
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7166A lengthy article about the relocation of the inhabitants of Qurna on the West Bank at Luxor, in order to provide access to archaeological sites. It repeats much of what has already been said, emphasising...
- 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...
- 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...