Submerged glory - a study in stone
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Series: International Zone
Duration: 28
Year Published: 1961
Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill
Format: 16mm
Color: B&W
Sound: sound
Description: 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.
Complete Record: 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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