Aswan High Dam A large dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt completed in 1970 which provides irrigation and electricity to most of Egypt and forms one of the world's largest man-made reservoirs ...

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 ...

After the closure of the Aswan high dam in 1965, the flow of nutrients from the Nile into Mediterranean coastal waters was reduced by more than 90 percent, and the once productive fishery ...

Ilham Shary had a sense of awe as he stood atop a towering memorial overlooking the Aswan High Dam. Before him meandered the Nile, the world's longest river, harnessed into a canal. Behind was ...

After the closure of the Aswan high dam in 1965, the flow of nutrients from the Nile into Mediterranean coastal waters was reduced by more than 90 percent, and the once productive fishery ...

In July 1970, one of the largest dams in the world - the Aswan High Dam in Egypt - was completed. We look at the cost of the dam on the region's people and antiquities.

The Aswan governorate on Saturday 11/1/2025 marks the 65th anniversary of laying the foundation stone of the High Dam in January 1960.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary on the building of the Aswan High Dam, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended late Wednesday a ceremony at the Cairo Opera House along with a number of officials.