Ancient Egypt might have to thank the River Nile for all its success after new research into the famous river highlights the ...

The Egyptians have had a very different relationship with the Nile. For thousands of years, they referred to its annual flooding as the "Gift of the Nile." Each summer, like clockwork, the river ...

DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01451-z Between 11,500 and 4,000 years ago, the Nile deeply carved its valley, forming deep channels ...

If you know that the Nile floods every year, you may think that the Egyptian people will have enough water as long as the Nile exists. However, the population of Egypt has been increasing very rapidly ...

We even measure the level of the River Nile to see how much flooding we can expect. We have three seasons: Akhet, the flooding season, Peret, the growing season and Shemu, the harvesting season.