CAIRO - 27 February 2021: Egypt Today commemorates the life of Dr. Tharwat Okasha, who passed away on February 27,2012. After the decision to establish the High Dam, the political leadership was at the time in a great dilemma. President Gamal Abdel Nasser accepted the proposal, and they agreed that Egypt would share a third of the project's costs. After an initiative from Egypt, UNESCO issued an international appeal for the largest antiquities rescue operation in history. This appeal was issued on March 8, 1960, and was the beginning of an unprecedented project in history.

Source: Egypt Today February 27, 2021 15:00 UTC