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Road plan could bring demolitions to Cairo's City of the Dead
Cairo's City of the Dead may be in for a new series of demolitions because of a new road plan, but the plan is uniting heritage defenders in opposition.
CAIRO – Local historians and heritage specialists are concerned about Cairo authorities' plan to demolish several ancient tombs to clear the way for a new road.
The new road will be named after Yasser Rezk, a renowned journalist who passed away in January of this year. It will be 7 kilometers long, contain five traffic lanes and cut across the City of the Dead, a sprawling cemetery in southern Cairo, on the road to residential areas further south in the Egyptian capital.
