As Egypt built its High Dam, Sudan’s Nubian valleys quietly disappeared underwater, displacing thousands, burying ancient ...

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 its prayers, the Senate urged the Federal Government to immortalise both statesmen by naming national monuments in their honour, in recognition of their roles in national development. The lawmakers ...

Meroe, Copan, Hagar Qim, and Altamira showcase ancient pyramids, megalithic temples, and prehistoric art that reflect the diversity of past societies.

An air-conditioned hotel was built at Aswan to handle the traffic; an Aswan-Abu Simbel service went into operation with hydrofoil launches, one of which sank this spring, drowning two Frenchwomen.