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Last big dig in Nubia to save relics before dam floods
Scores of archaeologists race to rescue Nubian relics as rising waters behind Aswan Dam threaten 314 miles of desert sites. Teams move temples, record inscriptions, and locate new sites from 1960 onward, with international crews dismantling and rebuilding key monuments.
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Aly Mahmoud
Associated Press
Aswan
Egypt
Nubia
Aswan Dam
Sudan
Nile
West Germany
Kalabsha
Amada
Ellesya
Thutmosis II
Elephantine Island
Isis
Kertassi
Taffeh
Denfur
Augustus
Dakka
Maharraqah
Debod
Abu Simbel
Walter Emery
London University
Buhen
Hatshepsute
Thutmosis I