Great Lecture: Saving the Archaeology and Monuments of Lower Nubia
Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBeginning in 1902, the archaeological sites and monuments of Lower Nubia were increasingly threatened by the construction of the series of dams on the Nile River at Aswan. By the early 1960s, the ancient land of Lower Nubia had vanished forever beneath the waters of Lake Nasser. Through international efforts, some of the cultural heritage […]