Subjects:
Historic sites and cities | Historic places
Nederlands Aid for Philae
Language: English
John Irving reports on a plan by two experts from the Netherlands, engineer de Beaufort and the geologist Voort, who were working on UNESCO's project to save ancient Egyptian and Nubian monuments from being destroyed by flooding caused by the construction of the Aswan Dam. Their plan involved building dykes to prevent the island of Philae from being submerged.
Place/region:
Nubia,
Philae,
Netherlands,
Egypt,
Sudan,
Africa,
Europe
Type: Radio programme
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Participant: John Irving
Publisher: UNESCO Radio
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Type: Radio programme
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Participant: John Irving
Publisher: UNESCO Radio
Published in:
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