Word: seti
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ancient city of Abydos, the great Temple of Seti I, finished in the reign of Rameses II (1324-1258 B.C.), is settling into the soft subsoil while cracks in its walls grow dangerously wider. On the Island of Philae, close to the Aswan dam and artificial lake, the Kiosk of Trajan (1st Century B.C.), in recent years so submerged that often only its upper half could be seen, has collapsed completely. On the same island, the Temple of Isis is in such danger that Egyptians have planned to move it to a safer spot...