READY FOR REMOVAL.—These huge blocks are pieces of the Abu Simbel Temple in southern Egypt. Undisturbed for more than 32 centuries, the big statues have been cut up ready to be built on higher ground above the Aswan Dam, which, when completed, will flood the old site. The work is being carried out by U.N.E.S.C.O.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 22
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55READY FOR REMOVAL.—These huge blocks are pieces of the Abu Simbel Temple in southern Egypt. Undisturbed for more than 32 centuries, the big statues have been cut up ready to be built on higher ground above the Aswan Dam, which, when completed, will flood the old site. The work is being carried out by U.N.E.S.C.O. Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 22
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