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By Kent R. Weeks,Nigel J. Hetherington

in the course of the New state (c. 1570–1070 BCE), the Valley of the Kings used to be the burial position of Egypt’s pharaohs, together with such robust and recognized rulers as Amenhotep III, Rameses II, and Tutankhamen. They have been buried the following in huge and fantastically adorned tombs that experience turn into one of the country’s such a lot visited archaeological websites. The travelers give a contribution hundreds of thousands of badly wanted funds to Egypt’s economic system. yet due to insufficient making plans, those related viewers are destroying the very tombs they arrive to work out. Crowding, toxins, adjustments within the tombs’ air caliber, ever-growing vacationer infrastructure—all pose critical threats to the Valley’s survival.

This quantity, the results of twenty-five years of labor via the Theban Mapping undertaking on the American collage in Cairo, lines the historical past of the Valley of the Kings and provides particular proposals to regulate the positioning and defend its fragile contents. while, it acknowledges the necessity to supply a favorable event for the millions of holiday makers who flock right here day-by-day. this can be the 1st significant administration plan constructed for any Egyptian archaeological website, and as its proposals are applied, they provide a replicable version for archaeologists, conservators, and placement managers all through Egypt and the region.

Published in either English and Arabic versions and supported through the area Monuments Fund, this severe learn may help to make sure the survival of Egypt’s patrimony in a fashion suitable with the country’s heavy reliance on tourism income.

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