Egypt
Al-Ahram (Jill Kamil)
The width of the Nile Corniche boulevard in Luxor is to double as part of a development plan that is now steaming ahead at full speed.
Egyptologists and concerned Luxor residents regard it as a terrible loss of historical 19th-century buildings and other structures on the town's riverside esplanade, but several such landmarks are being demolished to make way for increased traffic between the two major temples on the east bank. Meanwhile letters have been flying back and forth on Internet blogs.
"If the current plan is implemented, this zone will be at the expense of buildings, and gardens in front of buildings, including those of a military club, a mosque, a Coptic Catholic rest house, and Chicago House garden. Can a less radical plan not be drawn up?" writes one anxious party.
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Egypt
The development plan for Luxor
Al-Ahram (Jill Kamil)
The width of the Nile Corniche boulevard in Luxor is to double as part of a development plan that is now steaming ahead at full speed.
Egyptologists and concerned Luxor residents regard it as a terrible loss of historical 19th-century buildings and other structures on the town's riverside esplanade, but several such landmarks are being demolished to make way for increased traffic between the two major temples on the east bank. Meanwhile letters have been flying back and forth on Internet blogs.
"If the current plan is implemented, this zone will be at the expense of buildings, and gardens in front of buildings, including those of a military club, a mosque, a Coptic Catholic rest house, and Chicago House garden. Can a less radical plan not be drawn up?" writes one anxious party.
- More Re Overhaul Of Luxor
Reuters UK (Alexander Dziadosz) LUXOR, Egypt (Reuters) - In the dusty streets behind the pasha's grand villa, bulldozers and forklifts are tearing into the city where Agatha Christie found inspiration and Howard Carter unearthed Tutankhamun. Egypt...
- Development: Luxor's Corniche
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Luxor, the City of Palaces, counts among the world's greatest open-air museum. If offers awe-inspiring monuments alongside more homely pleasures, riding a horse-drawn caleche along the Corniche, sailing a felucca across...
- New Dawn For Luxor Temples
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The heat wave that hit Egypt last Sunday did not deter Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif from going ahead with his planned two-day tour of Luxor to view the progress achieved so far with the project to develop the whole area,...
- Luxor's Resurrection
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/846/eg5.htm Nevine el-Aref reports on Mrs Suzanne Mubarak's visit to Luxor, during which she inaugurated a branch of the Mubarak Public Library and opened a Nubian Cultural Centre: "Luxor is often described as the world's...
- Karnak Development Project Revisited
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/799/heritage.htm"Problems surrounding the Karnak Development Project still seem unsolved despite the reported approval of all concerned. Nevine El-Aref investigates the continuing controversy - The mood at this year's...