Nubian Museum

The Nubian Museum.

The Nubian Museum (officially the International Museum of Nubia) is an archaeological museum located in Aswan, Upper Egypt. It was built following the UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, to a design by architect Mahmoud El-Hakim for an estimated construction cost of E£75 million (approximately US$22 million at the time). Dedicated to Nubian culture, heritage, and civilization, it was inaugurated on November 23, 1997,[1] and was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2001.[2]

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  2. ^ "Nubian Museum | Aga Khan Development Network". www.akdn.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-02-24.