“ASWAN, UAR (UPI ... and architectural complexes that might be lost under what became known as Lake Nasser. In all, 22 monuments and architectural complexes were threatened by flooding ...

One of the most publicized projects of Premier Gamal Nasser’s revolutionary government is the building of a vast water barrier at Aswan (where the Nile courses through the eastern Sahara), which ...

But Egypt was spared. Lake Nasser, created by the dam, provided an alternate source of water. Today, as Egypt marks 50 years of the Aswan Dam, it is embroiled in stormy negotiations with Sudan and ...