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245			_aBeit Zaman: _bThe Old Forgotten
260			_aCairo: _bIFAO's printing house, _c2023
300			_bill., col., photographs; _c23 cm
520			_aNaqada, Qift and Qus are cities located north of Luxor. They are some of the oldest urban settlements in Egypt, with a rich historical vernacular architecture, blending various influences. These buildings are typically privately-owned. Most lie empty; others are currently used as workshops or warehouses. Some are still used as residences. Modern demands, a growing population and lack of listed status all contribute to making the land these buildings occupy (and its antiquities) more valuable than the structures themselves. Unrecorded, underused and at imminent risk of destruction these buildings may be the most endangered heritage in 21st century Egypt. "Documenting a forgotten heritage – the historical urban architecture of Naqada, Qift and Qus" was born out of the necessity of creating a record of this heritage before it disappears. In our journey through these cities, we reconstructed the old trade routes via their historical vernacular architecture. We seek, through photographs and histories, to shed light on the process of change loss and preservation of the built environment and the lives of its inhabitants. The project was funded by an AEF Short Term Grant from the American Research Centre in Egypt (https://www.arce.org). The book complements the Beit Zaman group of photographs deposited in the digital archive Historic Environment Image Resources held by the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, accessed at https://heir.arch.ox.ac.uk.
650			_aHeritage _vHistory _xDocumentation _yPhotography _zLuxor _zEgypt
650			_aUrbanism _vSettlements _xHouses _zEgypt
650			_aLuxor villages _zQift _zQus _zNaqada
700			_aLuciana Carvalho
700			_aNunzia Larosa
700			_aSara Ahmed
700			_aTommy Mckay
700			_aVicente Saldanha
700			_aAlaa Chadli
700			_aAmgad Hasaballa Kadis Yakoup
700			_aMohamed Abdel Hamid Hamada
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