Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 9(1), pp. 85 - 90
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2021.090107
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Geotechnical Hazards and Environmental Changes Threatening the Sphinx Avenue and the Project of Luxor: Open Museum

Ibrahim A. Alnaser ¹, M. M. Abuzeid ², A. F. Gelany ^3,*, Ahmed H. Backar ^1,4, Mohammed Y. Abdellah ^1,5
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
² Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
³ Department of Restoration, Faculty of Archaeology, Luxor University, Egypt
⁴ Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, Egypt

ABSTRACT

The simulation of the ceremonies of the Pharaonic celebrations in the Sphinx’s Avenue is one of the most important Millennium Goals for Luxor Governorate, which is supported by UNESCO until 2022. All sections of the road were constructed during the eighteenth to thirty dynasty period. Some attachments have been added to the road in different periods, such as wine presses used in major ceremonies that were held on the road such as ophthalmic feasts and beautiful valley feasts, etc. The road has been neglected across different periods, and more than 4 meters of sand, silt and Nile clay were accumulated in different sites. Excavations began on the road in the late 1940s, until work was halted after the January Revolution due to lack of funds. The aim of these study is examination of the geotechnical properties of the project to Facing challenges that led to bury and deterioration of the road and also to develop sustainable geotechnical solutions to resist threats and risks. Scanning Electron Microscope was used to investigate the six samples of soil under the six sections of the road to study the hazards due to the impaction of clay minerals which threaten the Sphinx Avenue and The Project of Luxor, Open Museum. Basic properties test of the foundation soils illustrated the expansive properties which often were classified moderate. Expansive properties are one of the factors of the evaluation of the hazard besides the relevance of the construction to environmental changes and sustainability agents.

KEYWORDS
Geotechnical Hazards, The Sphinx Avenue, Luxor Open Museum Project

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Ibrahim A. Alnaser , M. M. Abuzeid , A. F. Gelany , Ahmed H. Backar , Mohammed Y. Abdellah , "Geotechnical Hazards and Environmental Changes Threatening the Sphinx Avenue and the Project of Luxor: Open Museum," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 85 - 90, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2021.090107.

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Ibrahim A. Alnaser , M. M. Abuzeid , A. F. Gelany , Ahmed H. Backar , Mohammed Y. Abdellah (2021). Geotechnical Hazards and Environmental Changes Threatening the Sphinx Avenue and the Project of Luxor: Open Museum. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 9(1), 85 - 90. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2021.090107.