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Ahmed al-Tayeb, a part time antiquities restoration worker, poses for a portrait June 6, 2009 at the site where his family home once stood before being recently razed by Egyptian authorities. Al-Tayeb is one of thousands of Egyptians displaced forcibly by Egyptian authorities as part of a 30 year, 5 Egyptian pound redevelopment plan in Luxor and the surrounding area..(Photo by Scott Nelson, for the Times)

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2009
Image Size: 5616x3744 / 2.4MB; Egypt Luxor antiquities Qurna Gourna Qourna Gurna Upper Nile river ruins Valley of the Kings tombs caves homes village destroyed razed archeological archeology history new progress development tourism Qoorna houses Egyptian
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Ahmed al-Tayeb, a part time antiquities restoration worker, poses for a portrait June 6, 2009 at the site where his family home once stood before being recently razed by Egyptian authorities. Al-Tayeb is one of thousands of Egyptians displaced forcibly by Egyptian authorities as part of a 30 year, 5 Egyptian pound redevelopment plan in Luxor and the surrounding area..(Photo by Scott Nelson, for the Times)