FILE - In this April 1964 file photo, Workers are shown during construction of the Aswan High Dam over the river Nile in Egypt. Egyptians are marking 50 years since the inauguration of the Nile ...

Known as a winter resort, Aswan is a destination for both local and foreign tourists seeking sun, beautiful scenery, and a bit of a break from the hustle and bustle of other touristic hot ...

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.

The Aswan High Dam was not the first dam to be built across the Nile at Aswan. In 1898, the British occupation authorities built a dam at roughly the same location. The dam, which was inaugurated ...

On January 9, 1960 work began on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt. Historian John Schmidt will explain how the dam's construction stirred Cold War tensions and how an unlikely heroine ended up saving ...

Its revenues will be used to build the Aswan High Dam, he said. Nasser declared his government, throughout taking over the canal, could receive $100 million a year in revenue.

Egypt's Aswan dam was completed in 1970, at a huge cost to local people and antiquities. ... (Photo: The Aswan High Dam under construction in southern Egypt in the 1960s. Credit: AFP) ...

But the 111-metre-high and 3.6-kilometre-wide Aswan High Dam, dwarfing the far smaller Aswan Low Dam built under British rule in 1902, crucially gave Cairo power to regulate the flow.

One of the largest dams in the world, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed in 1970. Skip to content. ... (Photo: The Aswan High Dam under construction in southern Egypt in the 1960s. Credit: AFP) ...

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 ...