When the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s flooded the area, UNESCO tried but failed to recover artifacts that were swept away when water submerged the region along the river.

The Nubian people, indigenous to southern Egypt and northern Sudan, have a unique heritage characterized by distinct ...

The start of construction of the Aswan dam in 1960 and the subsequent expansion of Lake Nasser threatened to overtake Sudanese villages along the Nile along with the neighboring archaeological sites.

The construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt drew unprecedented international attention to the protection of cultural heritage. At that time, many people thought they had to choose between culture ...