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The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was the relocation of 22 monuments in Lower Nubia, in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan, between 1960 and 1980. This was done in order to make way for the building of the Aswan Dam , at the Nile's first cataract (shallow rapids) which was a necessary infrastructure project ...
- File:International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia.pdf
This file, which was originally posted to International...
- File:International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia.pdf
Summer months Dismantling and transfer of the temples of Debod and Taffa and the kiosk of Qertassi by the Egyptian Antiquities Service. 11 November Session of General Conference of UNESCO authorizes the continuation and extension of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia.
The campaign ended on 10 March 1980 as a complete and spectacular success. Within the International Campaign, UNESCO played the role of a coordinator and intermediary between the donor States and the Egyptian and Sudanese Governments and facilitated their efforts to save the cultural heritage of Nubia.
2 maj 2024 · Story. Working Together: Abu Simbel. © Nadine Doerlé / Nadine Doerlé / Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae were saved from the rising waters of the Nile thanks to the International Campaign launched by UNESCO, from 1960 to 1980.
The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was the relocation of 22 monuments in Lower Nubia, in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan, between 1960 and 1980. This was done in order to make way for the building of the Aswan Dam, at the Nile's first cataract which was a necessary infrastructure project following the 1952 Egyptian ...
The Egyptian and Sudanese governments' request - in April and October 1959 respectively - for UNESCO's help to save the 3,000-year-old monuments and temples of ancient Nubia from an area that was to be flooded by the Aswan Dam marked the start of unprecedented campaign.
