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~ Cosmetic Spoon.

Date: 1550-1353 B.C.

Period: beginning of 18th Dynasty; reign of Amenhotep III

Place of origin: Gourna, Thebes

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SORRY, THE INHABITANTS OF GURNA ARE NOT RELATED TO THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS – AND THEIR GENETIC STRUCTURE PROVES THAT

Old Gurna

Many in the worldclaim to be the direct descendants of the Pharaonic race. I have heard this claim from people in West Africa (Senegalese), Sudan, America (Afro-Americans) and even in UK (Afro-Carri beans in Bristol). In Egypt it is all over the place – Arabs, Turks and Berber have joined the fashion, and this claim intensified after 9 11 as they try to distant themselves from an Arab…

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#Are the inhabitants of Gurna (Korna #Gourna #Gourneh) related to ancient Egypt?#mtDNA of Gurna populations #origin of the Gurna people #Qurna

Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy's New Gourna project, built in the 40s to rehabilitate excavators atop the royal necropolis at Luxor ultimately unwilling to shift from the lucrative space they occupied. Erected with sustainable materials, now fallen into disrepair, but being partially restored through World Monuments Fund. Hassan Fathy is the author of Architecture for the Poor.