The original Aswan Dam was built and completed by the British in 1902 about four miles downstream from where the Aswan High Dam is located today.
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a statue of a sphinx while draining water from the pharaonic temple of Kom Ombo near the southern city of Aswan. The antiquities ministry said the statue of ...
The sun rays once again penetrated the entrance of ... The temple was moved 66 metres higher to protect it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser after the construction of the High Dam.