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A tourist walks inside the temple at Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Nubian Bakri Gaffar, 75, a survivor of the displacement from the creation of the Aswan high dam, pauses during an interview with McClatchy-Tribune in the Upper Egypt town of Abu Simbel, where he and his wife now live, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Nubian Bakri Gaffar, 75, a survivor of the displacement from the creation of the Aswan high dam, gestures with his prayer beads during an interview with McClatchy-Tribune in the Upper Egypt town of Abu Simbel, where he and his wife now live, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A boy rides his donkey through irrigated farmland near the village of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Wednesday, May 16, 2012. t. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A Nubian farmer carries food to his animals near the village of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A Nubian man stands near the Nile at sunset in a village outside of Aswan in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A Nubian woman sits outside her house in a village outside of Aswan in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Nubian children play at a coffee shop in a village outside of Aswan in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Nubian women walk through a village outside of Aswan in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A Nubian farmer attempts to put a harness on his camel near the village of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Nubian men pray after sunset in a village outside of Aswan in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A Nubian man plays with his daughter in a village outside of Aswan in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A fisherman takes his catch off the boat after sunrise in the village of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
A Nubian farmer carries harvested grass for his animals to eat near the village of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Nubian men play backgammon at sunset in a village outside of Aswan in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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A tourist stands outside the temple at Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, Cairo. Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Houssein Mokhtar Kobara, Nubian language scholar and preservationist in Abu Simbel walks out of his office after an interview with McClatchy-Tribune in the Upper Egypt town of Abu Simbel, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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