Not the best analogy, but popular concerts held in the precincts of Hatshepsut’s funerary temple in Luxor, Egypt, are a troubling idea. Decades of restoration and excavation efforts aside, 3,000 people gathered in the shadow of such a wondrous ancient monument represent crowd control problems and preservation issues. The questions regarding dignity and fittingness are evident. Apparently, many Egyptians aren’t THRILLED by the idea, either. Even so, the event was a boon for tourist bookings and Egypt is in definite need of those. Nevertheless, for thousands of years humans used to inhabit those abandoned old ruins, cook food, screw, and piss against the wall-reliefs of the gods, so … plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose. Ah, the glory of homo sapiens.

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