On Dec. 9, 1960, construction of the Aswan High Dam began in Egypt. It would be the first time flooding on the Nile would be controlled. The first blast, delivered by President Gamal Abdel Nasser ...

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 ...

During a diving expedition in the Nile River, archaeologists in Egypt discovered rock carvings featuring depictions of several ancient Egyptian pharaohs, along with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The diving expedition was conducted as part of ongoing efforts to identify and record archaeological sites of interest that were flooded during the building of the Aswan High Dam, the billion ...

Facing impossible odds, archaeologist Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt led efforts to rescue ancient monuments from the rising waters of the Aswan High Dam. To save a colossal statue of pharaoh ...

in an area that was flooded during the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Built between 1960 and 1970, it is one of the world’s largest embankment dams, tasked with regulating the flow and ...

DURING the course of a recent investigation of the current regime in the Suez Canal, an unusual distribution of salinity was observed along the Canal in September 1966. Comparison with older data ...

In July 1970, one of the largest dams in the world - the Aswan High Dam in Egypt - was completed. It had taken ten years to build, and was not without controversy. Louise Hidalgo brings us voices ...

The original Aswan Dam was built and completed by the British in 1902 about four miles downstream from where the Aswan High Dam is located today.