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Price of the Aswan High Dam Threatens Nile Valley Heritage
The Aswan High Dam's construction endangers Egypt and Sudan's Nubian homeland and ancient monuments including the Abu Simbel temple. Preliminary surveys assess dismantling and relocation of the Rameses II shrine while archaeologists study Nubian sites before flooding. Evacuations to resettlement areas begin as a vast cultural loss looms.
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Egypt
Aswan High Dam
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Nile Valley
Rameses II
Abu Simbel
Nubia
Sudan
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