Egypt
Fifty years after the high damn was built and the monuments were removed to higher ground the loss was to the many people who's ancestral homes were drowned beneath lake Nasser.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7963042.stm
- Travel: Egyptian Passage
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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Saving Abu Simbel
The saving and reconstruction of both Ramesses the greats temples at Abu Simbel required five years and $40 million. Begun on November 16 1963 the first of the 1,041 blocks was moved on may 21, 1965 while the first block to be laid at the new site was...
Egypt
Lost Civilization
Fifty years after the high damn was built and the monuments were removed to higher ground the loss was to the many people who's ancestral homes were drowned beneath lake Nasser.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7963042.stm
- Travel: Egyptian Passage
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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Saving Abu Simbel
The saving and reconstruction of both Ramesses the greats temples at Abu Simbel required five years and $40 million. Begun on November 16 1963 the first of the 1,041 blocks was moved on may 21, 1965 while the first block to be laid at the new site was...