The mighty Nile, which brings the rains of equatorial Africa to the Mediterranean, has nurtured six millenniums of civilization in its valley and broad delta. But its trapped waters are not sufficient ...

The billion-dollar Aswan High Dam, partly financed by Russian credits, is to be the greatest monument in Egypt’s history. Sixteen times the bulk of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the dam will create Lake ...

A large dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt completed in 1970 which provides irrigation and electricity to most of Egypt and forms one of the world's largest man-made reservoirs, Lake Nasser. The ...

MANIAL SULTAN, Egypt (AP) — Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Now, former flood lands are green ...

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Roots tendril out of the grassy banks, piercing the surface of the water, while giant dragonflies skim the heads of water buffaloes cooling off in the 46C heat. Nearby, African sacred ibises stand ...

One of the most sought after experiences after flying into Luxor is a cruise along the Nile to Aswan, visiting the ancient temples and taking in the luxury river cruise. This iconic journey transports ...