Snapshot - Nubian monuments

Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy)

ABU SIMBEL, Philae and Kalabsha are temples which come to mind whenever Nubian monuments are mentioned, but is that all the High Dam threatened to flood? Mohamed El Hebeishy finds out.

Once the campaign to rescue the monuments in Nubia kick-started, 22 missions from all four corners of the globe relentlessly began excavating the area. It was a feverish race against a foe you can't beat -- time. By all standards breakthrough results were achieved in record time. Some temples were moved a few kilometres from their original sites while others went overseas. The Temple of Debod is currently located in the Mountains Park, Madrid, while the Temple of Dendur can be visited while touring the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.