Submerged glory - a study in stone
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Pictures Abu-Simbel, a pair of gigantic Egyptian temples carved from solid Nubean rock 3200 years ago at the command of Pharoah Ramses II. Points out that Abu-Simbel along with other treasures of antiquity in the Nile River basin are threatened with inundation when the river rises behind the Aswan Dam. Dramatizes UNESCO's plea to save the treasures of antiquity and documents its efforts to remove several temples to new locations.
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Pictures Abu-Simbel, a pair of gigantic Egyptian temples carved from solid Nubean rock 3200 years ago at the command of Pharoah Ramses II. Points out that Abu-Simbel along with other treasures of antiquity in the Nile River basin are threatened with inundation when the river rises behind the Aswan Dam. Dramatizes UNESCO's plea to save the treasures of antiquity and documents its efforts to remove several temples to new locations.
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