Saad Nadim Witness 30. Evacuation Celebrations, 1956 31. Petroleum in Egypt 32. Museum of Civilization Series • Amada & Ibrim • Kalabsha & Beit Al Wadi • Abu Simbel • Saving Philae Temple 33. Railroad Museum 34. The Art of Our Country Series 35. The Nubians 36. A Story from the Nuba, 1963 37. A trip to the Nuba Series, 1961 • Philae • Kalbsha and Beit Al Wali • From Dandar to El-Subo3 • From Amada to Ibrim • Abu Simbel • Heritage of the Humanity • Life of the Residents, 38. The Artist Ragheb Ayad, 1965 39. Contemporary Egyptian Art,
Structure relocation waters of Lake Nasser. In 1959, an international donation campaign began to save the monuments of Nubia: the southernmost relics of this ancient human civilisation. The salvage of the Abu Simbel temples began in 1964, and cost US $80 million. Between 1964 and 1968, the entire site was cut into large blocks, dismantled and reassembled in a new location – 65 m higher and 200 m back from the river, in what many consider one of the greatest feats of archaeological engineering. Today, thousands of tourists visit the temples daily. Guarded convoys of buses and cars depart twice a day