Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event—UNESCO's International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia (1960–80)—to show how the project, its genealogy, and its aftermath not only propelled archaeology into the postwar world but also helped to "recolonize" it. In this book, William Carruthers asks how postwar decolonization took shape and what role a colonial discipline like archaeology—forged in the crucible of imperialism—played as the "new nations" asserted themselves in the face of the global Cold War. As the Aswan High Dam became the centerpiece of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egyptian revolution, the Nubian campaign sought to salvage and preserve ancient temples and archaeological sites from the new barrage's ...
Nubia, located in what is now the northern part of the Republic of the Sudan and Upper Egypt, is am...
The conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage is a well-developed field. However, cu...
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are one of the most politically charged regions in which a...
Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event—UNESCO's International Camp...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from University of Minnesota ...
This article discusses the creation of architectural and archaeological archives in newly independen...
As heritage increasingly engages with sustainable development principles and approaches, what does t...
This article demonstrates how the politics of non-alignment and multilateralism intersected with the...
Context view, looking northeast over Aswan, with the Coptic church beyond at left and the Nile in th...
This article examines geographies of decolonization and the Cold War through a case study in the mak...
The objects and research fields of the archaeology of Nubia—the topics we pursue, the sources we con...
Ever since the completion of the High Dam in 1964, Nubians have lost their culture and heritage as a...
First Published February 1, 2017This article examines geographies of decolonization and the Cold War...
Ever since the completion of the High Dam in 1964, Nubians have lost their culture and heritage as a...
Building Aswan Dam brought an unprecedented campaign to rescue all the affected archaeological sites...
Nubia, located in what is now the northern part of the Republic of the Sudan and Upper Egypt, is am...
The conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage is a well-developed field. However, cu...
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are one of the most politically charged regions in which a...
Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event—UNESCO's International Camp...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from University of Minnesota ...
This article discusses the creation of architectural and archaeological archives in newly independen...
As heritage increasingly engages with sustainable development principles and approaches, what does t...
This article demonstrates how the politics of non-alignment and multilateralism intersected with the...
Context view, looking northeast over Aswan, with the Coptic church beyond at left and the Nile in th...
This article examines geographies of decolonization and the Cold War through a case study in the mak...
The objects and research fields of the archaeology of Nubia—the topics we pursue, the sources we con...
Ever since the completion of the High Dam in 1964, Nubians have lost their culture and heritage as a...
First Published February 1, 2017This article examines geographies of decolonization and the Cold War...
Ever since the completion of the High Dam in 1964, Nubians have lost their culture and heritage as a...
Building Aswan Dam brought an unprecedented campaign to rescue all the affected archaeological sites...
Nubia, located in what is now the northern part of the Republic of the Sudan and Upper Egypt, is am...
The conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage is a well-developed field. However, cu...
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are one of the most politically charged regions in which a...