ID: 700089855 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089855	Record Type: Conceptual

Monuments of Nubia International Campaign (engineering project; coordinated by UNESCO, as intermediary between the donor Sta...; 1960-1980; Aswān (Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy); )

Note: Project to save monuments associated with the construction of the Aswan High Dam. The dam was intended to create a huge artificial lake covering the Upper Nile Valley from Aswan in Egypt to the Dal Cataract in Sudan. Many of the ancient monuments in the area were moved to prevent their destruction.

Titles:

Monuments of Nubia International Campaign (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

UNESCO Nubia Campaign Project (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engineering project [300456823] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), projects (artistic concepts))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1960-1980

Creator Display:

coordinated by UNESCO, as intermediary between the donor States and the Egyptian and Sudanese Governments [preferred]

administrators UNESCO (International agency, contemporary) [500218573]

Locations:

Current: Aswān [7000122] (Geographic)

Other: Lake Nasser [1120187] (Geographic)

Display Materials: N/A

Dimensions: N/A

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	relocation [300149370]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by general context>, maintenance) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for architecture

Sources and Contributors:
Monuments of Nubia International Campaign	........ [VP]
	........ UNESCO online (1998-) https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/172/
UNESCO Nubia Campaign Project	........ [VP]
	........ UNESCO online (1998-) https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/172/

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... UNESCO online (1998-) https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/172/

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... UNESCO online (1998-) https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/172/