12/43.- Aswan, Nubian girl

In this photo you can see a young Nubian girl. Nubians used to live in the valley of the Nile that was flooded by the waters impounded behind the high dam to form lake Nasser. The more than 100,000 Nubian inhabitansts of the area were resettled, mainly in villages of new Nubia, at Aswan and Kawm Umbu (Kom Ombo).

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