Egypt
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- Tomb Of Ramses Iv
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Egypt
Tourism: Tourist Regulations in the VOK
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Many people who come to Egypt like to take pictures everywhere, to remember their visit. However, many people come into the Cairo Museum and take pictures with flash, even though there are signs everywhere saying no flash photography, which is to protect the objects.
I had made it a rule that people could take pictures in the Cairo Museum as long as they did not use flash, but when I went into the Museum, I saw that there were camera flashes everywhere. I had to change the rule so no one can use a camera inside the Museum.
This also became a problem in the Valley of the Kings. I learned that the tombs in the Valley of the Kings will be completely destroyed if people continue to use flash inside the tombs. Even though we had allowed people to take pictures in the Valley, people continued to bribe the guards and take cameras into the tombs and use flash. So I made a decree that people could not bring cameras into the tombs. If 20 tourists would disobey this rule and use flash in the tombs, they could be damaged. When I made this rule, many tour guides were upset, but it is their job to help preserve the monuments of Egypt. Tourists are still able to take pictures in the temples, such as Karnak and Luxor Temple, but now people cannot bring their cameras into the Valley of the Kings, because then some will take pictures in the tombs.
- Nefertiti Photo Ban
Earth Times I was surprised, when I read this, that the museum had had a policy of permitting photographs. Apart from the dangers of flash I would have thought that for logistical reasons alone photography would have been banned simply because people...
- Protecting The Valley Of The Kings
drhawass.com I always say that the Egyptian monuments will be completely destroyed in less than 100 years if tourism isn’t managed properly. Tourism is the number one threat to the Egyptian antiquities. In Egypt we have started many important site management...
- Conservation In Egypt
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/columnist/story/0,,1932420,00.html An article looking at conservation issues in Egypt, with particular reference to the Valley of the Kings: "Kent Weeks, of the American University of Cairo, launched the Theban Mapping...
- Tomb Of Ramses Iv
In the middle of the 12th century B.C. the Pharaoh Ramses IV set out his grand plans for his afterlife which included one of the largest mortuary temples in all of Egypt and a grand tomb in the Valley of Kings, KV4. Sadly for Ramses he died in what was...
- Crises At The Museum
A short Arabic video on the damage done at the Cairo museum, note the empty cases! Great time for people around the world to show their support for the Egyptian people by joining Amnesty International and take action!...