[PDF.67uk] Guide to the Nubian Monuments on Lake Nasser

Guide to the Nubian Monuments on Lake Nasser

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 | #4947333 in Books |  American University in Cairo Press |  1998-12-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.55 x5.43l,.55 | File type: PDF | 161 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent for Travelers and Others|By JLee|This is a very handy book, especially since most guide books are a bit light in their coverage of the Lake Nasser monuments. These monuments were all moved, with great difficulty and at great expense, to save them from the flooding caused by the creation of the Aswan Dam.

Gohary first covers history of the region. Then sep|About the Author|Dr. Jocelyn Gohary is an Egyptologist and archaeologist living in Cairo. She has lectured and published widely on various aspects of Egyptology, and acts as a regular guide/lecturer for the Egypt Exploration Society.

During the building of the Aswan High Dam between 1960 and 1970, the Nubian Rescue Campaign, operating under the auspices of UNESCO, was an international effort to rescue those of the Nubian monuments which would be submerged once the dam was completed. The most famous monument to be thus rescued and reconstructed is the Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, but altogther four areas in Nubia around Lake Nasser now contain ancient monuments that were reconstructed an...

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