Wednesday 9 February 2011

Oriental Institute | The Epigraphic Survey

An update from Ray Johnson, there is a lot more if you go to the link. Oriental Institute | The Epigraphic Survey: "Luxor Update February 8, 2011

For those friends and colleagues who are concerned about the well-being of Chicago House and its staff during the events of this last two weeks in Egypt, I am happy to report that we are safe, Luxor is secure, and we have been keeping a normal work schedule on all of our project sites: Luxor Temple, Khonsu Temple Karnak, Medinet Habu, and the tomb of Nefersekheru TT 107. After some relatively minor (compared to Cairo and elsewhere) demonstrations and vandalism of government buildings during the afternoon and evening of Friday, January 28th, order was restored in Luxor the next day, and it has been peaceful here ever since.

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3 comments:

tallthinhack said...

Hi Jane - my name is Vaughan Freeman. I am in the UK and my wife and 22 year old daughter are booked to come to Luxor next week. They are set on going but keen to know what the mood is like on the streets, if they would be welcome, if sites like the Temples and so on are open as normal? I can see what is happening in Cairo but news from Luxor is harder to come by.
Kind regards, Vaughan (vaughanfreeman@aol.com)

tallthinhack said...

Hi Jane - my name is Vaughan Freeman. We are in the UK. My wife and 22 year old daughter are due to come to Luxor next week. They are set on going but keen to know what is the mood on the streets, are the sites, the Temple open, and whether they would be welcome. We can get news from Cairo but news from Luxor is hard to come by.
Kind regards, Vaughan (vaughanfreeman1@aol.com)

Jane Akshar said...

Tried to email you but AOL hates Egyptian IP addresses so it failed. But basically read the blog, it tells you everything you asked. your wife and daughter will have a great time