Open AccessRescue Archaeology and Spanish Journalism: The Abu Simbel Operation
Author(s) -
Salomé Zurinaga Fernández-Toribio
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ap
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.142
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2171-6315
DOI - 10.23914/ap.v3i0.29
Subject(s) - relocation , archaeology , journalism , history , ancient history , geography , political science , law , computer science , programming language
Building Aswan Dam brought an unprecedented campaign to rescue all the affected archaeological sites in the region. Among them, Abu Simbel, one of the Egyptian icons, whose relocation was minutely followed by the Spanish press. This paper analyzes this coverage and its impact in Spain, one of the participant countries.