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Listen and check your answers. The Nile River has always contributed to life in most areas of Egypt

However, the Nile also made life difficult when it flooded

So the Egyptian government decided to build a dam to control the Nile

They began the construction of the Oswan Dam in 1960

However, when they drew the plans, they discovered that the two great temples at Abu Simbal

would be forever lost

Egypt wanted help from the United Nations Agency UNESCO

The governments of the world provided technical help and financial aid to save the great temples

First, they began to cut the temples away from the rock mountain

Secondly, they carried each large piece 60 meters up the mountain to a safer area

Then they rebuilt the huge temples carefully and

Finally, they finished the work in 1968

today

Abu Simbal is safe

It will continue to honor the ancient king and his queen for many years to come