男友太凶猛1v1高h,大地资源在线资源免费观看 ,人妻少妇精品视频二区,极度sm残忍bdsm变态

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Africa

Egypt's historical sites facing climate threat

China Daily | Updated: 2019-12-24 07:47
Share
Share - WeChat
A tourist takes a photo of an ancient wall at Karnak temple in Luxor, in southern Egypt, in November. MENNA A. FAROUK/REUTERS

LUXOR, Egypt-It's a steamy November day in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, and the tourists tramping through the ancient temples of Luxor and Karnak are sweating. But the city's famed 7,000-year-old antiquities are feeling the heat too.

Increasingly high temperatures linked to climate change, as well as wilder weather-particularly heavy rains and flooding-are taking a growing toll on the ancient stonework, said Abdelhakim Elbadry, a restoration expert who works at Karnak temple.

"The changes appear noticeably, in the damage and cracks of the facades of many graves as well as the change of the color of the archaeological stones, as a result of high temperature and humidity," Elbadry said.

Granite that was once rose-colored has faded to a pale pink or even light gray over the past 15 years, he said.

"In every archaeological site here in Luxor, you can witness the changes," he said.

Climate change is making efforts to protect Egypt's famed but fragile archaeological sites even harder, preservation experts say.

From the pyramids and the Sphinx to the Citadel of Qaitbay and an ancient Roman amphitheater near the Mediterranean Sea, the country's historic sites face growing threats from harsher weather and rising seas.

Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, the country's former minister for antiquities affairs, said virtually all open-air archaeological sites in Egypt are in danger from stronger winds and humidity, higher temperatures and bigger floods.

"I believe that in 100 years all these antiquities will be gone because of climate change," Hawass said, referring to an expected serious deterioration of the monuments.

He said offices staffed by specialists should be set up near each of the country's archaeological sites to record the changes taking place, try to find immediate solutions and to coordinate restoration of damage.

He has called for a joint effort by Egypt and the European Union to try to mitigate the effects of climate change on Egyptian antiquities.

REUTERS

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 忻城县| 荔波县| 鞍山市| 兴城市| 积石山| 涞源县| 洛宁县| 福贡县| 莲花县| 老河口市| 焦作市| 鹰潭市| 克什克腾旗| 甘洛县| 博罗县| 浮梁县| 平山县| 玉屏| 镇安县| 双流县| 孙吴县| 清河县| 札达县| 延津县| 邯郸县| 江陵县| 隆尧县| 洛宁县| 英吉沙县| 得荣县| 沙河市| 西峡县| 鄯善县| 夏邑县| 定日县| 禹州市| 达日县| 永福县| 永春县| 策勒县| 正蓝旗|