International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia

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UNESCO campaign international heritage preservation campaign

The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was a UNESCO-led global effort in the 1960s to document, dismantle, and relocate ancient Nubian temples and archaeological sites threatened by flooding from the Aswan High Dam.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
UNESCO Nubia Campaign	12
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia and its Treasures	1
New Nubia sites near Lake Nasser	1
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae	1
Nubian monuments rescue campaign	1
UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia	1
UNESCO Nubian Monuments Campaign	1
UNESCO Nubian monuments rescue campaign	1
UNESCO Nubian monuments salvage campaign	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO campaign ⓘ international heritage preservation campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ surface form: International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia and its Treasures International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign
beneficiary	Egypt ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
endDate	1980 ⓘ
heritageField	archaeology ⓘ cultural heritage preservation ⓘ
influenced	creation of later UNESCO World Heritage mechanisms ⓘ development of international cooperation in heritage protection ⓘ
involvedCountry	France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
location	Nubia ⓘ northern Sudan ⓘ southern Egypt ⓘ
mainCause	construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ flooding of Nubian monuments by the reservoir of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
method	archaeological survey and documentation ⓘ dismantling and reassembling temples block by block ⓘ relocating monuments to higher ground ⓘ
notableProject	relocation of the Abu Simbel temples ⓘ relocation of the Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ relocation of the Temple of Philae to Agilkia Island ⓘ
organizer	UNESCO ⓘ
purpose	to dismantle and relocate endangered temples and monuments ⓘ to document archaeological sites in Nubia ⓘ to preserve cultural heritage along the Nile in Nubia ⓘ to save Nubian monuments threatened by flooding ⓘ
result	creation of extensive archaeological records of Nubia ⓘ international distribution of some Nubian temples to foreign museums ⓘ rescue of major Nubian temples from inundation ⓘ
significantMonument	Abu Simbel temples ⓘ Temple of Amada ⓘ Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ Temple of Dakka ⓘ Temple of Debod ⓘ Temple of Dendur ⓘ Temple of Derr ⓘ Temple of Ellesyia ⓘ Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ Temple of Philae ⓘ Temple of Taffa ⓘ Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ surface form: Temple of Wadi es-Sebua
startDate	1960 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Kalabsha → UNESCOCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Dendur → UNESCOCampaignContext → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia → alsoKnownAs → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia → alsoKnownAs → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia and its Treasures

Nubian Museum → associatedWith → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Qustul → discoveredInContextOf → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

New Amada site → heritageContext → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nubian monuments rescue campaign

New Amada site → heritageContext → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Temple of Taffa → heritageProgram → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubian Monuments Campaign

Tomb of Pennut → heritageProtection → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Temple of Ellesyia → heritageRescueCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Temple of Derr → partOf → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

Temple of Kalabsha → partOf → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Temple of Beit el-Wali → protectedBy → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Wadi es-Sebua → relocatedDuring → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubian monuments salvage campaign

Temple of Dakka → relocatedTo → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Nubia sites near Lake Nasser

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → relocationCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

Philae → relocationCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Temple of Beit el-Wali → relocationCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Dakka → relocationCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubian monuments rescue campaign

Temple of Derr → relocationCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Maharraqa → relocationCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia

Temple of Ramesses II at Derr → relocationCampaign → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Derr, Lower Nubia → subjectOf → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Derr

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

Lower Nubia → wasSubjectOf → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign