Aswan Governor Ismail Kamal thanked the builders of the dam, hailing it as the "greatest" engineering project in the 20th century. He added that Aswan has become the capital of solar energy and a ...

A joint French-Egyptian team found the carvings underwater south of Aswan in an area that was flooded when the Aswan High Dam was built ... by the construction project. Aswan was important for ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 9, 1960, construction of the Aswan High Dam began in Egypt. It would be the first time flooding on the Nile ...