MANIAL SULTAN, Egypt — 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 fi ...

The Israeli website Nziv stirred controversy by describing a hypothetical attack on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt. This prompted a strong and immediate response from Egyptian politicians ...

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along with the completion of the Aswan Dam in 1969, which increased the country's volume of standing water, caused a spike in cases. In response to the malaria uptick, "Egypt, in collaboration ...

A tourist ship carrying 28 tourists of various nationalities on a Nile River cruise ran aground on Saturday in Aswan Governorate, southern Upper Egypt. The Aswan Operations Room received a ...

During a phone-in with TV host Amr Adib on the “al-Hekaya” (The Story) show on Monday evening, Sweilem added: “We requested detailed procedures for the safety of the dam and have not received them yet ...

The construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt drew unprecedented international attention to the protection of cultural heritage. At that time, many people thought they had to choose between culture ...

In 1959, this magnificent relic risked annihilation. Egypt was building the Aswan High Dam, needed to boost its agriculture and power supply. The resulting reservoir lake would drown the area’s ...

Famous human-made landmarks include Victoria Falls Bridge (between Zambia and Zimbabwe), the Great Pyramids of Giza (in Egypt) and Timgad ruins (in Algeria). Aswan Dam, across the river Nile in ...