The International Campaign for the Saving of the Nubian Monumens was launched b

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Description: The International Campaign for the Saving of the Nubian Monumens was launched by Unesco in 1960. The reconstruction of he Abu Simbel Temples was compleed on heir new elevated sies in September 1968. Shown here : detail of he facade of he Great Temple - wo of the four colossuses representing Rameses II ( 1290 - 1223 B.C.).

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Location featured:	Nubia, Egypt
Date:	1968
Author(s):	Roger, Dominique
Organisation:	UNESCO
Copyright:	©UNESCO
Source:	UNESCO Photobank Folder: 045 UNESCO: 20112505