Historical place archive

Aswan Dam in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Aswan Dam in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records8 event labels4 people1820–1968

Historical events in Aswan Dam

1820

1820
Modern Officer Training
Joseph Seve · Military Education

Seve directs European-style military instruction and later becomes known as Suleiman Pasha al-Faransawi.

1960

8 March 1960
International Nubia Campaign Ceremony
Andre Malraux · Cultural Heritage

Malraux presides over the ceremony inaugurating UNESCO's international safeguarding campaign.

1961

1961
Coordination of Nubian Campaign
Rene Maheu · Cultural Heritage

Maheu coordinates international excavation, documentation and monument-relocation projects.

1964

1964
Abu Simbel International Campaign
Christiane Desroches Noblecourt · Archaeology

Desroches Noblecourt advocates international cooperation to save Abu Simbel and other monuments.

1964
Abu Simbel Rescue Operation
Rene Maheu · Cultural Heritage

Maheu supports the international operation to cut and relocate the Abu Simbel temples.

1965

1965
Nubian Campaign Fundraising
Rene Maheu · Cultural Heritage

Maheu encourages member states to finance archaeological rescue and temple relocation.

1968

1968
Completion of Abu Simbel Relocation
Rene Maheu · Cultural Heritage

UNESCO celebrates successful reassembly of the Abu Simbel temples above the reservoir.

1968
Reassembly of Abu Simbel
Christiane Desroches Noblecourt · Archaeology

Desroches Noblecourt witnesses completion of the landmark temple-rescue project.

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