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Photographs in this gallery are of the various Tombs of the Nobles on the West Bank if the Nile at Luxor in the area called Qurnet Murai
Old Qurna New Art EG075729JHP Modern Egyptian Art House Mural Old Qurna Village Luxor Modern Photo interspersed with the Tombs of the Nobles is undergoing a major modernisation programme with the houses being removed, occupants relocated and the entrances to the various tombs made more accessible and a feel is captured in this mural on the side of an arthouse. Obviously a programme without some pain and opposition especially from locals who have lived in the area and over the tombs for generations but part of the necessary management and control of these irreplaceable ancient sites and the artefacts contained therein. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, ancient, Luxor, Tombs, Nobles, Thebes, River Nile, West Bank, Old Qurna, Sheikh Abd’el-Qurna, upright, landscape, village, nostalgia, art, modern, mural, modernisation, removal, houses, clearances, relocation, preservation
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Nobles Tombs
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Old Qurna New Art EG075729JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-21 08:54:33
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Modern Egyptian Art House Mural Old Qurna Village Luxor Modern

Photo interspersed with the Tombs of the Nobles is undergoing a major modernisation programme with the houses being removed, occupants relocated and the entrances to the various tombs made more accessible and a feel is captured in this mural on the side of an arthouse. Obviously a programme without some pain and opposition especially from locals who have lived in the area and over the tombs for generations but part of the necessary management and control of these irreplaceable ancient sites and the artefacts contained therein.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, ancient, Luxor, Tombs, Nobles, Thebes, River Nile, West Bank, Old Qurna, Sheikh Abd’el-Qurna, upright, landscape, village, nostalgia, art, modern, mural, modernisation, removal, houses, clearances, relocation, preservation