ID: 700089856 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089856	Record Type: Conceptual
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Philae Temples Relocation Project (engineering project; patron: UNESCO; 1971-1974; Aswān (Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy); )

Note: Egypt's project to rescue the temple complexes of Philae from the rising waters of the Nil. The temples were dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on the nearby island of Ajlika.

Titles:

Philae Temples Relocation Project (preferred,C,U,English-P,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: 1971-1974

Creator Display:

patron: UNESCO [preferred]

UNESCO (International agency, contemporary) [500218573]

Locations:

Current: Aswān [7000122] (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)

Related Works:

	associated with .... Temple Complex at Philae [700089853]
	..........temple complex; begun by Ptolemy II (Ancient Egyptian king, 309-246 BCE) ; late 2nd century BCE; Agilka Island (Aswān, Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the ...;

	associated with .... Temple of Isis [700002940]
	..........temple (building); begun by Ptolemy II (Ancient Egyptian king, 309-246 BCE) ; late 2nd century BCE; Agilka Island (Aswān, Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the ...;

	associated with .... Trajan's Kiosk [700089854]
	..........hypaethral temple; probably begun by the Emperor Trajan; 1st century CE; Agilka Island (Aswān, Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the ...;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

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

............... Monuments of Nubia International Campaign

Sources and Contributors:
Philae Temples Relocation Project	........ [VP]
	........ Mansour, Ancient Philae Island (2019)
	........ NY Times (1851-) "Egypt to rescue Philae temples." New York Times (Jan 17, 1971)

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

....................... Mansour, Ancient Philae Island (2019)

....................... Tamborrino and Wendrich, Temples of Nubia: Digital Technologies (2017)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... New York Times [online] (2000-) "Egypt to rescue Philae temples." New York Times (Jan 17, 1971)