Aswan, Egypt - Egypt on Wednesday feted its High Dam - a key factor in modernising the country, an engineering miracle, and symbol of a political triumph. A parade marking the annual holiday ...
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 1968 file photo, an Egyptian worker waves as he stands on top of a rock overlooking the partly constructed power station on the Aswan High Dam, Egypt. Egyptians are marking 50 ...
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, 1971 ...
This week, the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan celebrates both its national day and the 58-year anniversary of the start of construction on the famous Aswan High Dam. The dam, a rock-filled structure ...
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 ...
JULY 21, 1970: The colossal Aswan Dam and the 340-mile-long manmade Lake Nasser were finally completed in Egypt after a decade of building on this day in 1970. The 12,500ft-long dam, which cost ...
The Aswan Dam was a crucial construction project for Egypt after the 1952 revolution. President Gamal Abdel Nasser was looking to elevate Egypt as the leader of a pan-Arab unity movement. This etching ...
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, 1971 ...
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