protecting our ancient sites from vandals
Should we have concerts and other events at our antiquity sites? It was a great experience to sit in the theatre downtown the other evening but have we counted the cost of tons of equipment brought into sites that need protection?
Petra, Jerash, the Amman citadel and theatre are used with Petra the most vulnerable as the others are built of stone.
It seems that even if a ban is put in place someone finds a way round it. Petra should be a complete no no to anything that means bringing in trucks and equipment into the site. When will those in charge be strong enough to say NO to the highest and the lowest? We should be thinking of our heritage and not in short term publicity.
I think that those who try to bribe, cajole, force, use their wasta and give permission to get concerts into Petra are doing the country a disservice and they should be treated as vandals destroying our heritage. T
Petra, Jerash, the Amman citadel and theatre are used with Petra the most vulnerable as the others are built of stone.
It seems that even if a ban is put in place someone finds a way round it. Petra should be a complete no no to anything that means bringing in trucks and equipment into the site. When will those in charge be strong enough to say NO to the highest and the lowest? We should be thinking of our heritage and not in short term publicity.
I think that those who try to bribe, cajole, force, use their wasta and give permission to get concerts into Petra are doing the country a disservice and they should be treated as vandals destroying our heritage. T
posted by joladies at Monday, June 23, 2008
1 Comments:
thank you for that lovely comment on Petra and the other sites. Jordan is such a friendly country and I am always surprised that people are surprised at that! I suppose the Middle East has such a bad name for violence that that is what people expect.
I hope you will come back again! T
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