At the Historical Building of the National Museum
The Mysterious Nubia exhibition in the Historical Building of the National Museum commemorates the international action to save endangered monuments in the historical territory of Nubia, which was announced by UNESCO 65 years ago. Unique salvaged items from the historic territory of Nubia are on display, excavated prior to the flooding of Lower Nubia when the Aswan Dam was constructed.
In 1959, the Egyptian government decided to build the High Dam near Aswan, which was supposed to ensure the development of industry and agriculture in the country. As a result of the construction of the dam, approximately 500 km long section of the Nile, representing the historical territory of Lower Nubia, was to be flooded and its exceptional cultural heritage threatened. UNESCO announced an international action to save the endangered monuments, in which Czechoslovakia was also involved through the Czechoslovak Institute of Egyptology, which sent a total of five expeditions to the area of Lower Nubia (today’s Egypt) in the years 1961–1965.
