{"id":5723,"date":"2022-02-04T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldinstamps.com\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2022-02-12T19:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T16:24:28","slug":"safeguard-pharaonic-temples-in-nubia-kuwait-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldinstamps.com\/?p=5723","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Compaign To Safeguard Pharaonic Temples In Nubia: Kuwait\u00a01964"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5723\" class=\"elementor elementor-5723\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99c0d40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99c0d40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6b6031\" data-id=\"b6b6031\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-988c776 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"988c776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:right;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In 1964 Kuwait took part in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO\u00a0<\/a>compaign to safeguard Pharaonic temples in Nubia. It issued a set of three postage stamps for the benefit of the Campaign Fund.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_5733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5733\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640px-The-Temple-of-Philae-on-Agilika-Island.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640px-The-Temple-of-Philae-on-Agilika-Island-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Philae Temple in its new location\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Temple of Isis from Philae at its new location Author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/97064431@N00\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ivan Marcialis<\/a> from Quartucciu, Italy, shared under \u00a0<a title=\"w:en:Creative Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/en:Creative_Commons\">Creative Commons<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>After\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theworldinstamps.com\/?p=2902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the revolution of 1952<\/a>, let by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theworldinstamps.com\/?p=2938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">president Gamal Abdelnasser<\/a> (known as Nasser), Egypt established ambitious development plans. To provide the necessary electricity, Egypt decided to build the high dam on the Nile near the city of Aswan in the south of the country. But the lake of the dam, was going to extend for hundreds of kilometers in Egyptian Nubia and Sudanese Nubia.\u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_5741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5741\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kuwait-1964-YT-232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kuwait-1964-YT-232-300x215.jpg?resize=300%2C215\" alt=\"Kuwait Stamp: Saving Nubia Monument YT-232\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kuwait Stamp 1: 8 fils &#8211; YT-232<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The Dam&#8217;s lake threatened to engulf a large number of pharaonic\u00a0monuments, including 17 temples. The most famous among these monuments was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Abu_Simbel\/#:~:text=Abu%20Simbel%20is%20an%20ancient,BCE%20or%201244%2D1224%20BCE.\">Ramses II temple at Abu Simbel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philae\">temple of Isis in Philae.<\/a><\/p><h2>Safeguard Pharaonic Temples In Nubia<\/h2><figure id=\"attachment_5742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5742\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kuwait-1964-YT-233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kuwait-1964-YT-233-300x217.jpg?resize=300%2C217\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kuwait Stamp 2: 20 fils &#8211; YT-233<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>To save the monuments, Egypt requested international assistance. The UNESCO lauched the project to\u00a0 dismantle them stone by stone and rebuilding them in other places, away from the waters of Lake Dam.\u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_5744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5744\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kuwait-1964-YT-234.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kuwait-1964-YT-234-300x216.jpg?resize=300%2C216\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kuwait Stamp 3: 30 fils &#8211; YT-234<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>In 1960,\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO, the United Nations Education Sciences and Culture Organization<\/a>, launched an international campaign to save the monuments of Nubia, in which thirty countries were involved in providing scientific expertise and material resources for this giant project.<\/p><p>To provide the necessary financial means for this project, thirty countries have issued commemorative postage stamps with the words \u201csave the monuments of Nubia\u201d. Their income was used to finance the project. Kuwait was one of the participating countries.<\/p><div><h2>Temples relocated outside of Egypt<\/h2><figure id=\"attachment_5735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5735\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/512px-Abusimbel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/512px-Abusimbel-249x300.jpg?resize=249%2C300\" alt=\"The statue of Ramses the Great at the Great Temple of Abu Simbel is reassembled after having been moved in 1967\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The statue of Ramses the Great at the Great Temple of Abu Simbel is reassembled after having been moved in 1967. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Abusimbel.jpg\">&#8220;Per-Olow&#8221; &#8211; Per-Olow Anderson (1921-1989)<\/a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">Most monuments were rebuilt in locations adjacent to the place of origin. But four\u00a0<\/span>temples were gifted to other countries<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">\u00a0in recognition of their efforts to preserve the Egyptian monuments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px; font-size: 16px;\">Temple of Taffeh donated to Netherlands<\/span><\/h3><div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">The temple of Taffeh was built of sandstone between 25 BCE and 14 CE during the rule of the Roman emperor Augustus. It was part of the Roman fortress known as Taphis and measures 6.5 by 8 metres. It was offered to Netherlans.\u00a0 It was reconstructed in a new stall in the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum.nl\/en\/rijksmuseum-van-oudheden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">\u00a0in 1971.\u00a0<\/span><\/div><h3><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px; font-size: 16px;\">Temple of Ellesyia donated to Italy<\/span><\/h3><div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">The Temple of Ellesyia, is an ancient Egyptian rocky temple built during the 18th dynasty by the Pharaoh Tuhutmus III. It was dedicated to the deities Amun, Horus and Satis. After the rescue compaign, the temple was offered as a gift to Italy and moved to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/museoegizio.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museo Gizio (Egyptian Museum)\u00a0\u00a0in Turino &#8211; Italy<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div><h3><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px; font-size: 16px;\">Temple of Debod donated to Spain<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">The temple of Debod is a small Egyptian temple, of 12 by 15 meters, dating back to the 2nd century BC. It was first built as a small single-room chapel dedicated to the god Amun. Later it was extended to reach it current size and\u00a0dedicated to Isis of Philae.<\/span><\/div><div><div><div><figure id=\"attachment_5740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5740\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Templo_de_Debod_Madrid_Espana_2014-12-27_DD_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldinstamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Templo_de_Debod_Madrid_Espana_2014-12-27_DD_03-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Temple of Debod in it nes location in Madrid\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temple of Debod in Madrid.\u00a0 Author: <i><b>Diego Delso,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/delso.photo\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">delso.photo<\/a>, License\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/legalcode\" rel=\"nofollow\">CC-BY-SA<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">The temple was donated to Spain and transported stone by stone. It was rebuilt in Madrid\u2019s Cuartel de la Monta\u00f1a Park, preserving its original orientation from east to west. It was opened to the public in 1972.<\/span><\/div><div><h3><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px; font-size: 16px;\">Temple of Denur donated to the USA<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div>The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian temple built by the Roman governor of Egypt, Petronius, around 15 B.C., as one of many Egyptian temples commissioned by the emperor Augustus. The temple is dedicated to Isis and Osiris.<\/div><div><div>The temnple was relocated to New York, United States and rebuilt in a new wing of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/547802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div style=\"letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><div><b>\u00a0Catalogue reference: <\/b>Yvert &amp; Tellier #232 to #234<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1960, UNESCO launched an international campaign to safeguard Faraonic temples in Nubia. 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