Site Management and Restoration at Luxor

In Luxor last week I took part in many impressive and important events. The first was the completion of the site management program at Deir el-Bahri. Everyone who has visited this site in the past will remember how the area used to look. There was a lot of site pollution and the bazaars were everywhere; now, for the first time, cars can park in the area, and tourists walk through a visitor’s centre in which they can see a model of Deir el-Bahri, and then watch a four minute film about the site. After leaving the visitor’s centre electric cars transport the people to the temple.In November we will finally open the chapel of Hathor, which has been restored by a Polish team who have been working at the site for the past forty-nine years.