The construction of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s threatened to destroy several ancient Nubian monuments located further upstream. In response, UNESCO led an international effort to disassemble, ...

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The start of construction of the Aswan dam in 1960 and the subsequent expansion of Lake Nasser threatened to overtake Sudanese villages along the Nile along with the neighboring archaeological sites.

This site was covered by water thanks to the Aswan High Dam’s construction. UNESCO had tried to recover artifacts before it was flooded, but they were racing against time with limited resources.

Still, the threat served him well. Last week in Cairo, Premier Nasser and World Bank President Black sat down to take another look at the Aswan dam project. Nasser settled for roughly half the $ ...

For thousands of years, the sitting figure of Ramses II watched over the Nile, till the construction of the Aswan dam threatened to drown the ancient temple under the waters of the river. In an ...

Summary of previous deliberations: Not applicable except the following history of the International Safeguarding Campaign 1960’ – 1970’ for information: The Campaign was launched to safeguard the site ...

In 1959, this magnificent relic risked annihilation. Egypt was building the Aswan High Dam, needed to boost its agriculture and power supply. The resulting reservoir lake would drown the area’s ...

Its preservation is a result of Spain's assistance in protecting the ancient sites of Abu Simbel from flooding caused by the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. The temple's decorative motifs ...