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Philae temples become landmark of Egypt's Aswan in "greatest archaeological rescue campaign" (7)
(Xinhua) 12:35, July 09, 2021
Photo taken on June 26, 2021 shows a view of the Philae temples on Agilkia Island in Aswan, Egypt. On a brief boat voyage in the Nile River in Upper Egypt's tourist city of Aswan, an island called Agilkia appears in the distance, where fortress-like walls surrounding ancient large pylons and columns of a number of temples form the magnificent Philae temple complex. What's more astonishing than the breathtaking view is the fact that the Philae temples did not belong to where they are now. They were submerged by floodwater and later salvaged and relocated from Philae Island to the higher Agilkia Island, 500 meters away, in what the UNESCO describes as "the greatest archaeological rescue campaign of all time." (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
(Web editor: Xia Peiyao, Liang Jun)
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