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A young man fills up a water container from a communal tap. Running water for individual houses has always been denied to the village of Qurna, allegedly to protect the archaeological patrimony underground. Qurna is located a few miles outside Luxor and is built in the Valley of the Nobles, a major archeological site. The Egyptian authorities are demolishing Qurna and moving its inhabitants to nearby New Qurna to make way for more tourist friendly developments.
Panos Pictures /Felix Features 21 Apr 2007