A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Italian project for preserving abu simbel
Plan for raising 2 early Egyptian temples hewn in rock face, above 62 m increase in Nile water level which will occur as result of High Dam (Saddel-Ali) at Asswan; after installation of concrete base under cradle, temples would be isolated from hill, mass of some 300, 000 tons raised by hydraulic jacks for setting down on final supports; successive stages are outlined, and guide structures and completed cradle shown in diagrams.
Italian project for preserving abu simbel
Plan for raising 2 early Egyptian temples hewn in rock face, above 62 m increase in Nile water level which will occur as result of High Dam (Saddel-Ali) at Asswan; after installation of concrete base under cradle, temples would be isolated from hill, mass of some 300, 000 tons raised by hydraulic jacks for setting down on final supports; successive stages are outlined, and guide structures and completed cradle shown in diagrams.
| TIBKAT | 1968
Freitragende Bogenlehrgerueste in Abu Simbel
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1968
Integrities: The Salvage of Abu Simbel
| Online Contents | 2013