The Russian Cultural Centre in Cairo marked the 66th anniversary of the Aswan High Dam’s foundation on Friday, with officials ...

The mighty Nile, which brings the rains of equatorial Africa to the Mediterranean, has nurtured six millenniums of civilization in its valley and broad delta. But its trapped waters are not sufficient ...

Roots tendril out of the grassy banks, piercing the surface of the water, while giant dragonflies skim the heads of water buffaloes cooling off in the 46C heat. Nearby, African sacred ibises stand ...

MANIAL SULTAN, Egypt (AP) — Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Now, former flood lands are green ...

"The yearly flood of the Nile is caused by late summer rains in the plateau region of Ethiopia, which in turn swell the tributaries of the Nile. At the peak of the flood, the volume of the river's ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "Constructed of granite, the first ...