They will be permanently destroyed by the flood system of the predicted area on the exact day when the pharaoh's art will disappear French philosophers Christian de Roche and giocoso decided to take action.
He was the director of excavations in Egypt and he was not afraid to speak out against the consequences of bad construction at that time I had a real problem the Egyptians said we would donate to nubia temples.
Nubia would be the largest body of water it could have
you destroyed everything that was totally unacceptable to me so I told them you have to find another solution.
When we see it full of short you talk about what they are like
People of Egypt I said give me a few days to find talented people you can't donate a place just.
Because you think you need to save the nubia temples in the explosion situation needed to have a neutral authority to govern things Cristian de Roche noble core is guaranteed. that the problem became a global issue.
He was a well-known figure in Egypt and spoke to himself personally Mr. NASA was also a friend and director-general of Unesco for his work.
I think the whole story came together because he assured everyone that this is a legacy that needs to be preserved for future generations UNESCO was founded a few years ago
previously and were encouraged to get involved in the decision to preserve nubia memorials made at Unesco headquarters in Paris.
Today 8 March 1960 nations despite some of their involvement in stealth or open conflict have agreed for the first time to join.
The power to save the cultural values of the extinct civilization there were calls for support and funding from around the world the temples of the Nile must be saved an extraordinary campaign aroused the interest of many young people who became involved.
I was very young at that time maybe eleven or doing school at the time you were studying in Egypt I was watching tv the other night.
I heard the reaction of our cultural minister to the UNESCO request I was shocked the next day. asking my school if.
We could raise money to save the Nubian monuments was an amazing feat and the common campaign countries used to keep their heritage were not interested in saving other countries.
Then UNESCO intervened to present their famous appeal to all nations of the world to help Egypt redeem these monuments because not only Egypt is history for all humanity in Egypt various leaders began to evacuate to save the country's first minister of culture.
Kasha was able to fascinate western and ancient Egypt to promote the rescue mission sent the treasures of Tutankhamun Pharaoh famous in the traveling exhibition as
As far as the united states as a whole, the public began to take stamps with pictures of threatened temples and immediately embezzled money from.
All corners of the globe into the project to rescue the unifying act despite the cold war Unesco is an organization. an organization that brings people to the table.
Because we are a technology organization we are not talking politics we are taking serious measures to protect our heritage in order to preserve the environment.
back in 1813, swiss jean-Louis Burkhart was acquired.
Abu Simbel his notes describe a large temple in the middle of the desert with the Nile with magnificent images rising from the sand and guarding the temple entrance.
In France, the young linguist Jean-Francois studied detailed descriptions of the temple and was able to decipher the inscriptions and realized that Abu Simbel was a temple of honor.
Born in the 13th century bc Ramses II Pharaoh Ramses ii was one of the great kings of Egypt after the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites built a monument to himself and a few gods in Nubia Abu Simbel's mound carved out.
Front rock 40 meters wide and 30 meters high four large Ramses statues 20 meters high The first room has large statues representing Ramses ii in the form of the god Osiris hieroglyphics and pharaoh sculptures.
The ancient Egyptians built a series of chambers in a straight line leading to the sanctuary twice a year the sun rises in perfect harmony with the memorial door.
Whose rays enter the temple and light up in the sanctuary only the image of the temple. god creator lives in darkness without the good work of redemption.
Involving thousands of people in the 1960s these beautiful temples are almost complete that could not be visited today.
has a special contact with Abu Simbel his grandfather was Rene ma.
Unesco director-general is part of my family history in the 1960s my grandfather worked on a rescue mission for the first time and it is heartwarming to finally see temples as I have heard of Abu Simbel since I was a child.
Baby grandma always told me about the project I wanted to get a better idea of what the rescue mission means to unite many nations to use.
The desert recovery strategies and winning the race against time is the real work of Abu Simbel's stone temples large statues at the entrance to small stone engraving.
This means demolition and maintenance without damage economic growth in the 1960s had made some technological advances.
If they were hopeless if the monuments could not be saved from the water why not visit them underwater a British architect suggested.
That future visitors take a boat to the empty concrete support such as the beach and take a 50-meter elevator down to the waterproof.
Construction may also serve as a base for a diving trip although some tourists may accompany their guests diving on another proposal, temples were a must placed in a large glass container filled with water.
The idea of allowing the Nile flood temple to take advantage of the fact that it did not have to be moved but over time this would lead to the erosion of the stone of the Sandstone temple collapsing with the construction of 50 sand by an Italian engineer team.
Proposes to cut temples on a rock and raise them with an underground water system that includes platforms, very slow and dangerous work of cutting the temple and using water.
lifting.
It by 60 meters seemed to be technically possible in the engineering office in Europe but we are in the desert here so hard work can mean bringing in a lot of equipment and well-integrated so that it does not exist.
Another solution was proposed to use rising water to elevate the temple building by a large vessel.
