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Buildings of the old Hassan Fathy village are seen June 7, 2009 in Gourna, Egypt on the West Bank of the Nile near Luxor. The village was built in 1948 as a place to relocate around 800 families that were living atop ancient tombs and archeological ruins on the nearby hillsides. (Photo by Scott Nelson, for the Times)

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2009
Image Size: 5616x3744 / 3.3MB; 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 Hassan Fathy architecture touristic sights mud bricks
Contained in galleries: Luxor Redevelopment Plan

Buildings of the old Hassan Fathy village are seen June 7, 2009 in Gourna, Egypt on the West Bank of the Nile near Luxor. The village was built in 1948 as a place to relocate around 800 families that were living atop ancient tombs and archeological ruins on the nearby hillsides. (Photo by Scott Nelson, for the Times)