The Nubia salvage project

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Imprint:Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1997.
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3785357
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Other authors / contributors:Williams, Bruce, 1943-
University of Chicago. Oriental Institute.
Language / Script:Copyright 1997 Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
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Summary:Presents information about the Nubia Salvage Project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in which the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago participated. Explains that the excavation project took place in the reservoir area of the Aswan High Dam in Upper Egypt. Notes that the Institute initiated the project to complete the publication of the results and a large number of objects from the expedition is part of the Institute's permanent collection. Includes exhibition brochures: Nubia, its glory and its people (1987 exhibition) and Vanished kingdoms of the Nile : the rediscovery of ancient Nubia (1992 exhibition)