Abstract
AbstractWadi Hammamat enjoyed valuable architectural and cultural heritage potentials that can be promoted through the sustainable tourism. Stone quarrying and gold mining were the main social and economic activities at Wadi Hammamat (Quseir-Qift road), known also as Myos Hormos, during the course of time from the pre-dynastic period until the twentieth century. These activities envisaged both identity and heritage values through materials, tools, inscriptions and settlements of the quarry society. Moreover, the site represents a comprehensive image of the Egyptian Eastern Desert civilization. The study investigates both architectural and cultural heritage aspects of Myos Hormos in terms of Pharaonic and Greco-Roman traces. Architectural elements. Transport and movements. Religious beliefs. The paper includes a project that targets promoting the surveyed area as a new cultural tourism destination through the virtual reconstruction. Some sites can no longer be visited; therefore, a facsimile should virtually replace the reality through scenic reconstructions, visual interfaces and holograms in a virtual museum.KeywordsEastern DesertHydreumataWater stations-desert roadsMyos HormosWadi HammamatGreywackeBir FawakhirQuarriesQuarry sitesMinesSustainable tourismArchaeological parkSustainable tourism development
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