"That little exhibition, about the history of Qurna and the remarkable drawings of Robert Hay, needs our support again. The Qurna you knew no longer stands – most of the residents have been relocated and their houses demolished.  However, with the agreement of officers of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, we have managed to preserve four wonderful properties just above the tomb of Nakht, which show in essence the whole history of people living on the hillside in the last millennia. A simple but lovely little zawia is being restored and converted to display the exhibitions.  The adjoining house where the Daramalli family used to live is being restored to exhibit household objects and agricultural  implements etc to show the family and working lives of the Qurnawi. There is also a bab el haggar (tomb house) which has the most amazing collection of mud structures.  The fourth property is the ruined house of Giovanni D’Athenasi, the early 19th century employee of the British - and a group of Yanni devotees is planning to restore this. Qurna Discovery was opened in April 2001, and has been open ever since – Free to all.  Visitors from all over the world, and many from inside Egypt, have commented on how important and unique the exhibitions are.  The Qurna Discovery exhibitions are waiting in storage to be put up again so that everyone – local people and visitors – can again learn about and understand the history of the life on the Theban hillside over the last few hundred years.  In some ways it is even more important now that the most recent chapter of life on the hillside is coming to an end.