After Egypt’s 1952 revolution, President Gamal Abdel Nasser embraced plans for the Aswan High Dam, an earth-fill embankment 111 metres high and 3.5 kilometres long. Begun in 1960 with Soviet ...

In 2014, a draft law to develop Nubian communities and resettle those displaced by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s was prepared by the cabinet of then-prime minister Ibrahim ...

Tourism, climate change, redevelopment and nature threaten the existence of some of the world’s most amazing sites, but – ...

Our eight-day cruise hit many highlights: the extensive temples at Karnak and Luxor; the colossal statues of Ramses II ...

The supreme example of ancient Egypt’s knowledge of astronomy and the skill of its architects could be admired again. But just over a century later, the southernmost relics of this ancient human ...

Unfortunately, Aswan was flooded following the construction of the Aswan High Dam between 1960 and 1970. While UNESCO did its best to preserve and record as many of the historic artifacts, the time ...

Ethiopia has announced Thursday the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a major hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile, with preparations now underway for its official ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has officially invited Nile River basin countries including Egypt and Sudan to attend the inauguration of the Abbay Dam scheduled for September 2025.

Recently, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the completion of the GERD water filling process, stating that it has now reached full capacity without affecting Egypt's Aswan Dam.

Ethiopia has officially completed its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a monumental hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile, with preparations ...