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UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), the U.N. agency in charge of saving Abu Simbel, rejected the French dam in favor of a more imaginative Italian proposal to cut the whole temple free of the rock and lift it to the top of the cliff by hydraulic jacks. Once raised above the rising water, the temple would be safe indefinitely, and it would have an attractive site on the rim of the great new artificial lake. The lifting would cost $42 million plus $24 million for finishing...
Three of the world's richest nations, the U.S., the U.S.S.R. and Britain, have thus far given nothing. The Russians claim that their money is already helping Egypt to build the High Dam; someone else, they say, should take care of Abu Simbel. The U.S. apparently believes that attempts to raise the temple would destroy it. and anyway. $42 million would only begin to cover the cost of jacking...
Membrane Dam. While the fate of Abu Simbel hung in the balance, two cut-rate schemes were proposed to save it. British Movie Producer William MacQuitty. backed by a group of London engineers and architects, proposed building a thin ''membrane" dam around the temple. When muddy Nile water rises outside, pressure will be balanced as the space that the dam encloses will be filled to the same height with clear, filtered water treated so that it will not damage the temple's stonework. Visitors would be able to admire the temple from submerged portholes reached by elevators...
Temples for Dollars. To coax more contributions, Egyptian Culture Minister Abdel Kader Hatem is offering ancient art works, even whole temples, in return for contributions toward the salvation of Abu Simbel. Nothing so vulgar as a price list has been published, and only governments or large and dignified institutions may apply. Five temples are on the bargain counter. Three of them: Dendur, dedicated by Caesar Augustus to two drowned heroes; Dabod. built by a Nubian king; and Taffeh, built during the Roman period, have already been dismantled and moved to safe, high ground. The other two: Ellesya, built by Thutmosis...
...they discuss the final fate of threatened Abu Simbel, the U.S. and other countries still show no sense of urgency. Even if the water starts rising on schedule in 1964. there will be time left for some kind of action. A simple, cheap cofferdam can protect the temple temporarily while last-minute efforts are made to save...