Word: luxor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cannot let our monuments fall to ruin when at this very moment Egypt is asking France to help save its temples on the Nile." Malraux having spoken, the Obelisk in the center of the Place de la Concorde (supposedly not cleaned since Ramses II had it inscribed in Luxor to the glory of Amon) is sporting a gantry of scaffolding, and the scrubdown has begun...
...Rotch Traveling Fellowship and an 18-month tour of Europe. But a close look at aging modern landmarks abroad made him tear up his schedule. He began to pay more attention to the great architectural monuments of the past, from the cathedrals of France to the temples at Luxor...