30th Nov, 2023 11:00
SALVAGE OF PHILAE MONUMENTS
Organisation for the Preservation of the Nubian Monuments, early 1970s
Album of silver gelatin prints (13), measuring approx. 115 x 180mm, which acted as a visual report on the relocation of the ancient monuments on Philae, which took place under Egypt's Ministry of Culture & Information. Oblong 4to measuring 298 x 228mm, with text in both Arabic and English, contemporary brown morocco with braided rope binding.
"The island of Philae, in the vicinity of the First Cataract, is a granite rock covered with a thick layer of mud deposited by the river. Its richness in ancient monuments has consecrated its renown. From the time of heightening the [Aswan] Dam, at about two miles downstream, the island and its monuments disappear perennially and almost completely under water from December to April, and they emerge again when the sluices of the dam allow the waters to withdraw."
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