Royal rest houses in Upper Egypt (Qena - Quseir) ) Study and Publication

• Main Author: Wael Bakry Rashedy
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: Arab Association for Islamic Civilization and Art 2021-07-01
• Series: Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science
• Subjects: rest homes; royal; upper egypt
• Online Access: https://mjaf.journals.ekb.eg/article_136951.html
• ISSN: 2356-9654; 2357-0342

This research is of a great significance for the detection of a few buildings that still not included in to the list of Islamic monuments in Egypt, especially they are in the terms of time period and their architectural and ornamental distinctiveness makes them completely enough to be protected to this listing and should be delivered to the map of tourism, restoration, and upkeep to keep and guard them from different factors which includes time and weather conditions, the research is based on studying three institutions and accurately describing them, studying and courting them, making horizontal projections (plans) and vertical sectors, and submitting a advice that they need to be blanketed with the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs, and the observe will discuss the motive The presence of such installations in those places far from the residential communities — inside the desert — and their importance, and the writings of historians around them, similarly to offering the observe with an appendix of pictures .Objectives of the topic: 1- There is no specialized study that dealt with these buildings of archaeological and cultural value, either by description or analysis.2- The publication of these three rest houses under study is a new publication for the first time.Research Methodology:The study relied on the descriptive and analytical method.First: the descriptive study: In it I described the three buildings of the rest houses and the names of their different units and their dimensions.Second: The analytical study:In it, I dated the three rest houses by comparing the architectural elements with their counterparts, and through the statements of historians, and examining the western currents that Egypt affected during this period, especially in the architectural aspects.search limits: The research is limited to studying the three buildings of the royal rest houses by two rest houses on the Qena- Quseir road, and the phosphate company rest in the Quseir City description, and analysis.Introduction: This region in Upper Egypt is considered one of the most important geographical regions in the Arab Republic of Egypt, because of its great economic importance represented in mineral wealth, agricultural lands, and groundwater.