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  • The High Dam contains 18 times the amount of material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The water contained by the dam has backed up nearly 500 km, creating Lake Nasser, the world's largest artificial lake. This water inundated the Nubia, forcing thousands of Nubiians tho leave their villages. With the High Dam the cultuvable area of Egypt increased by 30% and doubled country's power supply but, on the other hand, artificial fertiliser now have to be used because the dam hinders the flow of silt necessary to the Nile  valley fertility,
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  • Fontanetto Po. Mauro Cardano working with the old dam's closure of Riseria San Giovanni mill estate, the last rice mill near Vercelli, now is rice museum.
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  • Ferry near Nemrut Dagi mountain on the ATaturk Dam lake.
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  • Fontanetto Po. The old dam's closure of Riseria San Giovanni mill estate, the last rice mill near Vercelli, now is rice museum.
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  • Nile river. Young dancers at Qanater dams, a popular picnic place for people sightseeing coming from Cairo every friday of holiday.
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  • Nile river. Qanater dams, where Nile Delta River begins, is a popular picnic place for people sightseeing coming from Cairo every friday of holiday.
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  • Nile river. A boat for Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. The pilot of a  boat from Cairo to Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. The boats that transport people for holiday sightseeing from Cairo to Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. A boat for Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. Qanater dams, where Nile Delta River begins, is a popular picnic place for people sightseeing coming from Cairo every friday of holiday.
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  • Nile river. The boats that transport people for holiday sightseeing from Cairo to Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. A boat for Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. A boat for Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. A boat for Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. The boats that transport people for holiday sightseeing from Cairo to Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins. In the back Helwan steel factory.
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  • Mourne County, Silent Valley Reservoir.
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  • Nile river. A boat on the Nile River Delta.
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  • Daily life on the Nile's delta village.
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  • Nile river. A boat on the Nile River Delta.
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  • Mourne County, Silent Valley Reservoir.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka.
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  • Nile river. On friday many boats transport people for holiday sightseeing to Qanater dam where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. A tower of the castle.
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  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. El-Rizk Cami mosque (1409 A.D.) with a slender minaret similar to those in Mardin.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka.
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  • The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, the dawn. It is the most famous site in Nubia, saved by a spectacular rescue campaign of UNESCO. Builded by Ramses II vas dedicated to Amun-Ra, Re-Harakhti, Ptah and deified Ramses II. Four colossal20 meters statues of the Pharaoh decorate the façade of the temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • he Allahverdi Khan Bridge, popularly known as Si-o-se-pol, 'the bridge of thirty-three spans, is the largest of the eleven historical bridges on the Zayanderud, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, deviated from years to irrigate other cities and reused only one week a year. The bridge was built in the early 17th century to serve as both a bridge and a dam.
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  • Nile river. On friday many boats transport people for holiday sightseeing to Qanater dam where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka. Kiosk of Trajan.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka. Goddess Isis image.
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  • Qasr Ibrahim,  a massive fortress that dominated the east bank of Nile  today is an island in the middle of Lake Nasser. It is the only archeoloogical place in Nubia that, by its position, still survived in the same place above the waters of the Lake Nasser. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Abu Simbel is the most famous site in Nubia, saved by a spectacular rescue campaign of UNESCO. The smaller temple dedicated to god and Nefertari, the beloved wife of Ramesses II. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, the dawn. It is the most famous site in Nubia, saved by a spectacular rescue campaign of UNESCO. Builded by Ramesses II vas dedicated to Amun-Ra, Re-Harakhti, Ptah and deified Ramses II. Four colossal20 meters statues of the Pharaoh decorate the façade of the temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Eugenie tourist cruise M/V near the sand dunes of Nasser Lake  between Aswan and Abu Simbel. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. The Great Temple, 11.000 square cubic meters, and the small Temple of Nefertari were dismantled and rebuilt with the same alignment on an artificial hill 65 meters above. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Nile river. On friday many boats transport people for holiday sightseeing to Qanater dam where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. On friday many boats transport people for holiday sightseeing to Qanater dam where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. The çardaks, leafy-roofed shelters set up along the Euphrates river, restaurants standing in the water, so you can eat with the feet on the cold waters of the river.
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  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures.
    em2711779.jpg
  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. The çardaks, leafy-roofed shelters set up along the Euphrates river, restaurants standing in the water, so you can eat with the feet on the cold waters of the river.
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  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. The çardaks, leafy-roofed shelters set up along the Euphrates river, restaurants standing in the water, so you can eat with the feet on the cold waters of the river.
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  • Temple of Philae. A romantic and majestic temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. A legendary tourist attraction for travellers of 19th century, destined to be lost forever in the rising waters of the Nile after the Dam construction but with an incredible rescue organised by UNESCO, was reconstructed by Italian archeologiacal team in  the nearby island of Agilka.
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  • Nubian village near Aswan. In place like this lives the people of Nubian region now submerged by the water of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Grear Aswan Dam.
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  • Nubian village near Aswan. In place like this lives the people of Nubian region now submerged by the water of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Grear Aswan Dam.
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  • The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, the dawn. It is the most famous site in Nubia, saved by a spectacular rescue campaign of UNESCO. Builded by Ramses II vas dedicated to Amun-Ra, Re-Harakhti, Ptah and deified Ramses II. Four colossal20 meters statues of the Pharaoh decorate the façade of the temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, the dawn. It is the most famous site in Nubia, saved by a spectacular rescue campaign of UNESCO. Builded by Ramses II vas dedicated to Amun-Ra, Re-Harakhti, Ptah and deified Ramses II. Four colossal20 meters statues of the Pharaoh decorate the façade of the temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Qasr Ibrahim,  a massive fortress that dominated the east bank of Nile  today is an island in the middle of Lake Nasser. It is the only archeoloogical place in Nubia that, by its position, still survived in the same place above the waters of the Lake Nasser. The ruins are mostly Coptics, dominated by the Christian cathedral. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Hamada, Derr Temple: built by Ramses II and dedicated to Amun- Ra is considered a simplified and reduced version of Abu Simbel Temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Eugenie tourist cruise M/V near the sand dunes of Nasser Lake  between Aswan and Abu Simbel. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
    em2610065.jpg
  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures. The çardaks, leafy-roofed shelters set up along the Euphrates river, restaurants standing in the water, so you can eat with the feet on the cold waters of the river.
    em2711786.jpg
  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures.
    em2711777.jpg
  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures.
    em2711775.jpg
  • Hasankeyf, a old coloured village clinging to the rocks of a gorge above the Tigris Tiver. A sort of small troglodyte Cappadocia slated to vanish beneath the waters of a dam, part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project) that will flood the region, drawning Hasankeyf and many archeological trasures.
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  • Nubian village near Aswan. In place like this lives the people of Nubian region now submerged by the water of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Grear Aswan Dam.
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  • Nubian village near Aswan. In place like this lives the people of Nubian region now submerged by the water of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Grear Aswan Dam.
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  • The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, the dawn. It is the most famous site in Nubia, saved by a spectacular rescue campaign of UNESCO. Builded by Ramses II vas dedicated to Amun-Ra, Re-Harakhti, Ptah and deified Ramses II. Four colossal20 meters statues of the Pharaoh decorate the façade of the temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Hamada, Derr Temple: built by Ramses II and dedicated to Amun- Ra is considered a simplified and reduced version of Abu Simbel Temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Hamada, Derr Temple: built by Ramses II and dedicated to Amun- Ra is considered a simplified and reduced version of Abu Simbel Temple. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. In 1971, with the construction of the Aswan High Dam, an extraordinary campaign of UNESCO saved many temples. The most difficult rescue operation was the salvage of Abu Simbel monumental complex. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Sandstones in varying colours tell a tale to geologists of desert winds and sudden floods. “The area around the city is covered with ancient farm terraces and dams, interesting graves and possible defensive structures on the high ground - Akasheh explains - If we leave it to the developers, we will never know what was there.”
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  • The Siq, a narrow canyon 1.2 km long, was the principal entrance to Petra from the east. A sculpture of a Nabatean, in the back a camel and a water pipeline that supplied Petra. The Nabateans built a sophisticated system of dams, cisterns, pipes and channels to guard it from sudden floods. At its peak Petra may have sheltered 25,000 citizens.
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  • Tierra del Fuego, Isla Navarino. Woods destroyed by beavers dams.
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  • Tierra del Fuego, Isla Navarino. Woods destroyed by beavers dams.
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