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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Damaged Egyptian "Mecca" To Be Restored


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A surge in farmland and building construction in the Egyptian desert has taken its toll on Abydos, the setting of an ancient pilgrimage.

But the archaeological site—home to pharaoh-era temples and large tombs (above, an unidentified tomb)—will be protected from development, archaeologists said in October 2008.

Photo courtesy Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities