Bodies are exhumed and burial sites are razed to make way for roads and bridges.
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These will also connect the heart of the capital with a new administrative one being built 45km to the east, a flagship mega-project costing billions of dollars.A view of a historic cemetery in Cairo with construction of a bridge in the background His officials say that the affected gravesites are mostly from the past century and that compensation is being given.
He recounts how this month he caught a glimpse of a stone slab built into a demolished wall containing engravings in Kufic script, an early style of Arabic calligraphy, while searching in Imam Shafei cemetery, across the street from Sayyida Nafisa. In the past, each well-off family had its own walled plot with a mausoleum set in a leafy garden. Outbuildings were sometimes added to accommodate visiting relatives and were otherwise home to caretakers.
This time, even an approach to Unesco has been to no avail, although the agency has expressed concern that the demolitions of tombs and road construction could have "a major impact on the historic urban fabric" of the area.
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