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The rocky landscape of Agilika Island where the Philae Temple was moved piece by piece after it was submerged in water due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam. This beautiful temple ruin can only be reached by boat. Agilika Island is at the middle of the Nile.

The temple at Philae was nearly lost under water when the high Aswan dam was built in the 1960s. Fortunately the temple was rescued by a joint operation between the Egyptian government and UNESCO. In an engineering feat to rival the ancients the whole island was surrounded with a dam and the inside pumped dry. Then every stone block of the temple complex was labelled and removed later to be assembled, like a giant jigsaw puzzle, on the higher ground of Agilka island. The whole project took ten years and has saved one of Egypt's most beautiful temples from certain destruction.

Information from http://www.eyelid.co.uk/philae1.htm.

Nikon D200
2007/04/22 00:38:27.9
Image Size: 3430 x 2287
Lens: Nikkor 18-200mm VR F3.5-6
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Image Comment: Copyright (C) 2007 Andre' Salvador
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