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I. Warming up

Where is the Aswan High Dam? It is in Egypt. 2. What problems did people know about before they started to build the Aswan High Dam? 53,000 people would have to be moved from their villages. Many important old temples around the Aswan area were in danger, and they would be covered by the water of the new lake. 3. How did they solve the problem of Abu Simbel? The whole temple was moved stone by stone and rebuilt above the new lake.