Egypt
The idea of building replica tombs is an excellent idea for preservation of the well traveled tombs such as Seti I, Rameses VI and Nefertari and closing the original may well alter the tourist desire to visit certain sites which in turn will naturally flood other sites probably equally as fragile.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/962/he2.htm
- Tomb Of Tutankhamun To Close
Many thanks to Amigos de la Egiptologia for these links. El Pais (Jacinto Anton) Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced that the tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed in order to prevent ongoing deterioration caused by mass...
- Replicas In The Valley Of The Kings?
Al Ahram Weekly (Riad Tawfik) Tourism experts have greeted a plan to open replica tombs for tourists on the west bank at Luxor with considerable scepticism, writes Riad Tawfik Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has recently announced a radical plan...
- The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed to visitors soon in an effort to protect the tomb and it's painting from a thousand visitors a day. In an effort to still please tourists Dr. Zahi Hawass has commissioned a replica tomb. There seems little choice...
- Saving Kings Tombs In The Valley
Certainly the most important decorated tombs should be closed to protect the wall decorations but there must be a way of sealing off the painted burial chamber of Tutankhamen from tourists standing in the antechamber. Also tombs who's decoration is...
- Saving History In Replica
Here we have another article on the preservation of decorated tombs by creating replicas for tourists to visit. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/19/pharoah-tomb.html...
Egypt
Replicas
The idea of building replica tombs is an excellent idea for preservation of the well traveled tombs such as Seti I, Rameses VI and Nefertari and closing the original may well alter the tourist desire to visit certain sites which in turn will naturally flood other sites probably equally as fragile.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/962/he2.htm
- Tomb Of Tutankhamun To Close
Many thanks to Amigos de la Egiptologia for these links. El Pais (Jacinto Anton) Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced that the tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed in order to prevent ongoing deterioration caused by mass...
- Replicas In The Valley Of The Kings?
Al Ahram Weekly (Riad Tawfik) Tourism experts have greeted a plan to open replica tombs for tourists on the west bank at Luxor with considerable scepticism, writes Riad Tawfik Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has recently announced a radical plan...
- The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
The tomb of Tutankhamun will be closed to visitors soon in an effort to protect the tomb and it's painting from a thousand visitors a day. In an effort to still please tourists Dr. Zahi Hawass has commissioned a replica tomb. There seems little choice...
- Saving Kings Tombs In The Valley
Certainly the most important decorated tombs should be closed to protect the wall decorations but there must be a way of sealing off the painted burial chamber of Tutankhamen from tourists standing in the antechamber. Also tombs who's decoration is...
- Saving History In Replica
Here we have another article on the preservation of decorated tombs by creating replicas for tourists to visit. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/19/pharoah-tomb.html...