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 ...

It was the dream of Egypt's pan-Arab nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser, but the inauguration of the Aswan High Dam 50 years ago came at a big cost. Opened on the mighty Nile on January 15 ...

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 ...

Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat on Saturday 14/6/2025 inspected the High Dam power station in ...

Estimated cost of Nasser’s high dam: $1.5 billion ... World Bank President Black sat down to take another look at the Aswan dam project. Nasser settled for roughly half the $600 million ...

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 ...

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.