[FairOpinion]

"Tourists are all very good for our economy, but very bad for our archaeology."


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And the money they bring is exactly what provides for the preservation of the ancient Egyptian treasures.

Zahi has been famous for a little too long and it's going to his head.

[FairOpinion]

GGG PING

[SunkenCiv]

"We need to put up walls to keep horses and camels away. We need to make a tourist's entrance," he continued. "We need to say, 'this many tourists a day and no more'. We get 60 million Egyptian pounds [about Dh39 million] from tourists every month and that’s not enough to restore even one tomb. We need to have clean bathrooms, souvenir shop and cafeteria with every site. We need to get seriously into site management and I have already begun."

He's already begun it? Whoa, very impressive. He's been saying these same kinds of things for years, decades even. $39 million not enough to restore even one tomb? That's a lot of corruption, Zowie.

[SunkenCiv]

"Tourists are all very good for our economy, but very bad for our archaeology."

some related articles from 1997, all still online...

Gunmen Kill 60 in Massacre At Egyptian Tourist Facility
By John Lancaster
The Washington Post
LUXOR, Egypt
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V117/N59/egypt.59w.html

Attack on tourists in Egypt leaves 71 dead
Shootings 'won't be the last,' militants say
November 18, 1997
http://www3.cnn.com/WORLD/9711/18/egypt.attack.on/

Insight: The Death of Innocents: The Luxor Massacre
Volume 51 Number 2, March/April 1998
by James Wiseman
http://www.archaeology.org/9803/abstracts/insight.html

Massacre In Luxor: Islamic Schools to Blame, Says Egyptian Editor
http://www.isisforum.com/news/massacre.htm

The Incident at Deir el Bahari and its Aftermath
An Open Letter by W. Raymond Johnson
KMT 9.1 SPRING 1998 © KMT Communications
http://www.egyptology.com/kmt/spring98/incident.html

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, FairO'. :')

Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[RJL]

“The problem is many people get involved with Egyptology just for fame.

…“I’m more known than a movie star,” he said, smiling, taking control of the interview with ease.

“People come to me for autographs. Children stop me on the road and ask, ‘uncle, what really happened to King Tut?’ I go for dinner and everyone is around me, talking to me, wanting my autographs.

Excellent self diagnosis!

[ßuddaßudd]

My Good Luck Glyph

[cats2dogs]

I noticed in the last 5 years or so, that Hawass was always there to give a little speech when there was a new mummy to be uncovered. Maybe there is a law that Hawass has to be in on every new History Channel or Discovery Channel program. Hawass never met a camera he didn't like.

[SunkenCiv]

You'll love this. :')

[blu]

How do you say PT Barnum in glyph?
Will the golden arches be open air pyramids?
Will the BK king be dressed as a Pharaoh?
Will the faux gold King Tut masks come from China?