UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments

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The UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments is a collection of ancient Egyptian archaeological sites along the Nile between Aswan and the Sudanese border, renowned for their monumental temples, rock-cut sanctuaries, and the massive UNESCO-led relocation to save them from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
archaeological site complex
cultural heritage site
associatedWith Aswan High Dam
contains Abu Simbel temples
Amada temple
Beit el-Wali temple
Derr temple
linked to: Temple of Derr

Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
linked to: Abu Simbel temples

Kalabsha Temple
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha

Kertassi
Kiosk of Trajan at Philae
Penout tomb
Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari at Abu Simbel
Temple of Hathor at Philae
linked to: Temple of Hathor

Temple of Isis at Philae
linked to: Temple of Philae

Wadi es-Sebua
country Egypt
governingBody UNESCO World Heritage Committee
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageSignificance symbol of international cooperation for heritage preservation
testimony to the civilization of ancient Egypt in Nubia
inscriptionYear 1979
locatedBetween Aswan
Sudanese border
locatedIn Nubia
locatedOn Nile River
linked to: Nile
mainPeriod reign of Ramesses II
notableFor engineering feat of temple relocation
large-scale archaeological rescue operation
monumental statues of Ramesses II
rock-cut temples
period New Kingdom of Egypt
protectionStatus protected under the World Heritage Convention
relocatedBy Egyptian government
UNESCO
international consortium of countries
relocationCampaignEnd 1980
relocationCampaignStart 1960
stateParty Arab Republic of Egypt
linked to: Egypt
subjectOf UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
threatenedBy flooding from Aswan High Dam reservoir
UNESCOCategory Cultural
UNESCOCriteria (i)
(iii)
(vi)
UNESCORegion Arab States
linked to: Arab world
UNESCOSubregion North Africa
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 88

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Abu Simbel temples partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments
Aswan Governorate hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae"
linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments
Derr, Lower Nubia partOf UNESCO Nubian Monuments region
linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments