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PHOTO0000004601

French transcription: France-Paris-Maison de l'UNESCO-1971. Exposition de costumes de mariage traditionnels arabes. Ici, Republique Arabe d'Egypte.
Description: A mannequin and a photograph of an Egyptian woman in traditional wedding clothes. Text near top has both Arabic and French. French reads "République arabe d'Egypte".
Location: Paris

PHOTO0000003006

English transcription: The temple of Kalabsha, which was dismantled and moved to a new site as part of the Federal German Republic's contribution to the preservation of the Nubian Monuments.
French transcription: Le Temple de Kalabsha qui a été démonté et reconstruit sur ce nouvel emplacement par la République Fédérale d'Allemagne au titre de sa contribution à la sauvegarde des Temples de Nubie.
Description: On a hilltop, a view of the walls of an ancient Roman temple. At the bottom of a sandy footpath leading up to the monument, a large signpost acknowledging the role of the Federal Republic of Germany in the saving of the temple from the rising waters of the new Aswan dam.
Location: Kalabsha (New), Nubia

PHOTO0000003004

English transcription: The Aswan new High-Dam.
French transcription: Le nouveau Haut-Barrage d'Assouan.
Description: View of a façade of a dam, bathed in calm waters. Construction cranes are visible on its other side.
Location: Aswan

PHOTO0000003005

English transcription: Aswan dam. View of the power station showing exterior of the generating hall.
French transcription: Barrage d'Assouan. Vue extérieure de la centrale électrique.
Description: Rooftop view of the exterior of the generating hall of the Aswan High Dam hydroelectric power station. Four people can be seen in the walkway below.
Location: Aswan

PHOTO0000003010

English transcription: Construction of the power plant at the Aswan High Dam.
French transcription: Construction de la centrale électrique du Haut-Barrage d'Assouan.
Description: View from a balcony walkway of electric power plant works. A giant crane dominates the skyline.
Location: Aswan

PHOTO0000003009

English transcription: Aniba (144 miles south of Aswan, left bank) - Recent excavations, directed by Professor Abou Bakr. The head of a mummy (child's head) found 65 cm beneath the ground in a New Kingdom burial ground (about 1200 B.C.).
French transcription: Aniba (230 km au sud d'Assouan, rive gauche) - Au cours de fouilles récentes dirigées par le Professeur Abou Bakr. La tête d'une momie d'enfant fut trouvée à 65 cm au-dessous du sol dans une nécropole du Nouvel Empire (env. 1200 av. J.C.).
Description: A workman holding and displaying the mummified head of a child unearthed in an ancient Egyptian necropolis.
Location: Aniba (Nubia)

PHOTO0000003011

English transcription: Construction of the power plant at the Aswan High Dam.
French transcription: Construction de la centrale du Haut-Barrage d'Assouan.
Description: Aerial view of the construction site of the Aswan Dam power plant. Five similar units can be seen, as well as many workmen, particularly on the top of the first.
Location: Aswan

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