Egypt
- All Change In Luxor
Al Ahram Weekly A rather sad letter to the newspaper Al Ahram Weekly, by Luxor resident Gordon Davies. Five years ago, a tall wall started to be built throughout Luxor, stretching as far as Karnak. Little by little parks disappeared and two years ago...
- Travel: Quft Escapes The Architecture Of Time
Al Ahram Weekly (Serene Assir) Where symbol and reality meet, and the present comes to life, time ceases to run through my fingers. Not only am I out of the city. Once past the final checkpoint on the way to Quft from Luxor -- patience, there are many...
- 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...
- Travel Item
http://www.businesstravellerindia.com/200601/getaway01.shtmlYet another travel feature, focusing on Luxor, with some photos: "Luxor, described as the world's greatest open-air museum is chock-a-block with ancient monuments, the scale and the grandeur...
- World Of The Pharaohs
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/travel/13356398.htm A travel article looking at Luxor and Cairo: "There's nothing like absorbing history hands-on. That's why I am enduring, er -- enjoying -- 100-degree-plus July heat, a daily dust...
Egypt
Travel Item: Luxor
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/784/tr1.htm
Excellent article on the Al Ahram website by Serene Assir about the sites to see in Luxor. Much more informative than the usual travel pieces, this helps to bring Luxor, and particularly the West Bank, to life: " There is little that can calm the restlessness of the human spirit more than the direct experience of a location whose very soul speaks of eternity. Once known as Thebes, the ancient capital of the Pharaonic New Kingdom, Luxor transcends the limits of time and power, revealing, with astounding artistry that when all things come to pass, only beauty remains. Luxor also serves as a fascinating testament to different civilisational trends infusing with each other in a way which is as uncanny as it is vivid and extraordinary." See the above article for the full story.
- All Change In Luxor
Al Ahram Weekly A rather sad letter to the newspaper Al Ahram Weekly, by Luxor resident Gordon Davies. Five years ago, a tall wall started to be built throughout Luxor, stretching as far as Karnak. Little by little parks disappeared and two years ago...
- Travel: Quft Escapes The Architecture Of Time
Al Ahram Weekly (Serene Assir) Where symbol and reality meet, and the present comes to life, time ceases to run through my fingers. Not only am I out of the city. Once past the final checkpoint on the way to Quft from Luxor -- patience, there are many...
- 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...
- Travel Item
http://www.businesstravellerindia.com/200601/getaway01.shtmlYet another travel feature, focusing on Luxor, with some photos: "Luxor, described as the world's greatest open-air museum is chock-a-block with ancient monuments, the scale and the grandeur...
- World Of The Pharaohs
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/travel/13356398.htm A travel article looking at Luxor and Cairo: "There's nothing like absorbing history hands-on. That's why I am enduring, er -- enjoying -- 100-degree-plus July heat, a daily dust...