Egypt
- Exhibition: Abu Simbel - The Salvaging Of The Monuments
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) To highlight Italy's help in rescuing Nubian monuments during the Salvage Campaign of the 1960s and 70s, a photographic exhibition is on show at Al-Sama Khana. Nevine El-Aref recalls the events as she tours the display...
- Tv Review: Monster Moves - Rescuing Ramesses
Channel 5 Yesterday's "Rescuing Ramesses", part of the new Channel 5 "Monster Moves" series in the UK (terrestrial tv) was rather better than I expected. The subject matter was the removal of a number of ancient Egyptian monuments from their original...
- Travel: Lake Nasser
canada.com (Peter Wilson) For those wanting a quieter stretch of Nile cruising, a three- or four-night cruise on Lake Nasser is the perfect way to discover the wonders of ancient Egypt. The world's largest man-made lake, Lake Nasser was formed by...
- Daily Photo - The Temple Of Beit Al-wali, New Kalabsha
Still lurking on Lake Nasser (mainly because I was in the file to find the Qasr Ibrim photos), here are images of Beit al-Wali. New Kalabsha is just to the south of Aswan, which can be visited as a morning/day trip from Aswan. A number of monuments rescued...
- Nubian Monuments In The Past And Present
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/691/heritage.htm When Lake Nasser was created, many Nubian monuments were rescued. Others were lost beneath the waters created by the new Aswan Dam. This Al Ahram Weekly article discusses both the prehistory and history...
Egypt
Aswan Dam
http://tinyurl.com/9cqhj (Herald Sun)
On a long and frankly fascinating list of things which happened today in history the Herald Sun points out that, Egypt's Sadd el-Ali, the Aswan High Dam was officially opened today in 1971 by President Anwar Sadat. After 11 years of construction work, Lake Nasser (the Es-Sadd el-Ali Lake) rose gradually during the 1960s, until it attained a water surface of c.5,500km sq., causing 50,000 Nubians to be evacuated and resettled elswhere in Egypt and the Sudan. It also drowned archaeological sites, only a proportion of which were excavated or rescued before the rising waters covered them for good. Of the 24 stone monuments rescued, the most prominent were Philae and Abu Simbel. For a truly awe inspiring insight into the outcomes of the dam and an analysis of its future, the book Egypt, An Economic Geography by Foud N. Ibrahim and Barbara Ibrahim is a terrific read.
- Exhibition: Abu Simbel - The Salvaging Of The Monuments
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) To highlight Italy's help in rescuing Nubian monuments during the Salvage Campaign of the 1960s and 70s, a photographic exhibition is on show at Al-Sama Khana. Nevine El-Aref recalls the events as she tours the display...
- Tv Review: Monster Moves - Rescuing Ramesses
Channel 5 Yesterday's "Rescuing Ramesses", part of the new Channel 5 "Monster Moves" series in the UK (terrestrial tv) was rather better than I expected. The subject matter was the removal of a number of ancient Egyptian monuments from their original...
- Travel: Lake Nasser
canada.com (Peter Wilson) For those wanting a quieter stretch of Nile cruising, a three- or four-night cruise on Lake Nasser is the perfect way to discover the wonders of ancient Egypt. The world's largest man-made lake, Lake Nasser was formed by...
- Daily Photo - The Temple Of Beit Al-wali, New Kalabsha
Still lurking on Lake Nasser (mainly because I was in the file to find the Qasr Ibrim photos), here are images of Beit al-Wali. New Kalabsha is just to the south of Aswan, which can be visited as a morning/day trip from Aswan. A number of monuments rescued...
- Nubian Monuments In The Past And Present
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/691/heritage.htm When Lake Nasser was created, many Nubian monuments were rescued. Others were lost beneath the waters created by the new Aswan Dam. This Al Ahram Weekly article discusses both the prehistory and history...