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Unit1P4

FROMPROBLEMSTOSOLUTIONS

Economicdevelopmentisnecessaryifwewanttoimprove

society.Therecomesatimewhentheoldmustgivewaytothe

new,anditisnotpossibletopreserveeverythingfromourpastas

wemovetowardsthefuture.Findingandkeepingtheright

balancebetweenprogressandtheprotectionofculturalsitescan

beabigchallenge.

Bigchallenges,however,cansometimesleadtogreat

solutions.Inthe1950s,theEgyptiangovernmentwantedtobuild

anewdamacrosstheNileinordertocontrolfloods,produce

electricity,andsupplywatertomorefarmersinthearea.Butthe

proposalledtoprotests.Waterfromthedamwouldlikely

damageanumberoftemplesanddestroyculturalrelicsthatwere

animportantpartofEgypt’sculturalheritage.Afterlisteningto

thescientistswhohadstudiedtheproblem,andcitizenswholived

nearthedam,thegovernmentturnedtotheUnitedNationsfor

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helpin1959.

Acommitteewasestablishedtolimitdamagetothe

Egyptianbuildingsandpreventthelossofculturalrelics.The

groupaskedforcontributionsfromdifferentdepartmentsand

raisedfundswithintheinternationalcommunity.Experts

investigatedtheissue,conductedseveraltests,andthenmadea

proposalforhowthebuildingscouldbesaved.Finally,a

documentwassigned,andtheworkbeganin1960.

Theprojectbroughttogethergovernmentsand

environmentalistsfromaroundtheworld.Templesandother

culturalsitesweretakendownpiecebypiece,andthenmoved

andputbacktogetheragaininaplacewheretheyweresafefrom

thewater.In1961,Germanengineersmovedthefirsttemple.

Overthenext20years,thousandsofengineersandworkers

rescued22templesandcountlessculturalrelics.Fift