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In 1964, the Vatican issued a set of four stamps as its contribution to the ultimately successful, UNESCO-led campaign to save the ancient monuments of Nubia in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. What threatened the existence of these archaeological treasures?

   erosion from industrial air pollution
   pillaging by art thieves
   inundation by rising waters of a new man-made lake
   iconoclastic attacks by Islamic fundamentalists

Your answer was: inundation by rising waters of a new man-made lake.
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Answer: Answer: inundation by rising waters of a new man-made lake. Lake Nasser was an integral part of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam project to provide electric power and controlled irrigation to benefit its growing population.

See also:
• Lake Nasser Wikipedia
• The Aswan Dam, the Largest Dam on the Nile, www.webuildvalue.com (website),
https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure-news/aswan-dam.html




Nubian Monuments
Scott # 379-382 (1964)