Egypt highway uproots graves, homes in 'City of Dead' | Malay Mail

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CAIRO, Aug 9 — Egyptian mother-of-three Menna said she was caught off guard when a bulldozer clearing space for a controversial highway flattened much of a mausoleum that doubled as her home in a sprawling cemetery. “The earth mover suddenly hit the wall and we found ourselves throwing our...

Women residents of a cemetery undergoing demolition stand in the rubble amidst ongoing roadworks at the historic City of the Dead necropolis of Egypt's capital Cairo on July 26, 2020. — AFP pic

Menna's parents and grandparents had made their home among the graves of the City of the Dead, the oldest necropolis in the Muslim world. He is intent on transferring the centre of political power to a new capital, about 45 kilometres east of Cairo — a mega-project in the desert overseen by the military's engineering arm.

Galila El-Kadi, a Marseille-based veteran architect and urban researcher, said the site is “an important component” of the capital's urban history. Unesco told AFP that it was “neither informed nor consulted” about the demolition work undertaken in July.

 

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