1. Unit 23 Rescuing the temple
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2. E g y p t And what then Egypt is famous for its Pyramid
but today we are not going to talk about Pyramid.
Egypt
And what then
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3. The River Nile
The River Nile used to flood large areas at the same time every year and destroyed houses and crops. So people thought of building a dam to control the waters.

4. The Aswan Dam
The Aswan Dam is very important to Egypt. It controls the water of River Nile. It also produces 20-50% of the electricity Egypt needs. But there are also some problems. As a result of the dam the water level of the lake rose by 63 meters. The temple around Aswan is
In danger

5. The temple in danger
One of the most important temple in danger was at Abu Simbel. This is the temple of King Rameses the second. The temple is very old --- it is about 3000 years old. At last, the engineers decided to move the temple stone by stone and rebuild it above the water level of the new lake.

6. Rescuing the temple
The project was successfully completed in Today you can either
to Abu Simbel or you can take a boat..
There by the waters of the
new lake, you can see the
tall stone figures and visit
the temple of the Gods,

7. That's all. Thank you
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