Category:Relocated monuments of Lower Nubia

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Articles relating to the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia (1960-1980). The relocation of 22 monuments in Lower Nubia, in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan, between 1960 and 1980. The success of the project, in particular the creation of a coalition of 50 countries behind the project, led to the creation of the World Heritage Convention in 1972, and thus to the modern system of World Heritage Sites.