and the money of his wealthy, aristocratic backer were also vitally important to the success. now, the desire is for both parts of that story to be recognised and told. all these tourists here, all the people who are here, what do you think they believe? do you think they still believe the old version, or do you think they are gradually being told something which is more in tune with what you think? no, i think they carry the same old beliefs. because all of their programmes would only focus on ancient egypt, nothing on the many other layers of egyptian heritage. that s one thing, and the other thing is that the whole what brought them in here is this colonial narrative. it s the narrative that we need to reshape. are you at least hopeful in the future that might change, that small children across the world will get a better understanding of all of this? yes, i hope so. this can only come when acknowledging the colonial history that made ancient egypt the way it is in egypt today. we
persistence of howard carter and the money of his wealthy, aristocratic backer were also vitally important to the success. now, the desire is for both parts of that story to be recognised and told. all these tourists here, all the people who are here, what do you think they believe? do you think they still believe the old version, or do you think they are gradually being told something which is more in tune with what you think? no, i think they carry the same old beliefs. because all of their programmes would only focus on ancient egypt, nothing on the many other layers of egyptian heritage. that s one thing, and the other thing is that the whole what brought them in here is this colonial narrative. it s the narrative that we need to reshape. are you at least hopeful in the future that might change, that small children across the world will get a better understanding of all of this? yes, i hope so. this can only come when acknowledging the colonial history that made ancient egypt the
the same old beliefs. because all of their programmes would only focus on ancient egypt, nothing on the many other layers of egyptian heritage. that s one thing, and the other thing is that the whole what brought them in here is this colonial narrative. it s not the narrative that we need to reshape. are you at least hopeful in the future that might change, that small children across the world will get a better understanding of all of this? yes, i hope so. this can only come when acknowledging the colonial history that made ancient egypt the way it is imagined today. we need to acknowledge this first and then move on from there. for the rest of his life, ahmed abdel rassoul told visitors to luxor about his adventures with howard carter an account, like so many others, rarely told in the west. but what s good is that the egyptians are now reclaiming their story, and the rest of us are beginning to take notice.
they re gradually being told something which is more in tune with what you think? no, i think they carry the same old beliefs because all of their programmes would only focus on ancient egypt, nothing on the many other layers of egyptian heritage. that s one thing. and the other thing is that the whole what got them in here is this colonial narrative. it s not the narrative that we need to reshape. are you at least hopeful that in the future that might change, that the small children across the world will get a better understanding of all this? yes, i hope so. i hope so. and this can only come when acknowledging the colonial history that made ancient egypt the way it is imagined today. we need to acknowledge this first and then move on from there. well away from the big archeological sites, there are a whole bundle of things to do in egypt. and here are some of the highlights.
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