But what many don’t know is that Alexandria, which lies about 136 miles northwest of Cairo, actually once stood as Egypt’s capital city, from 332 BC until 642 AD - a period of 973 years. Sat on the ...

This provides basic data for adapting new approaches for water saving irrigation. * Nile Delta: A flat and low alluvial plain created by sedimentary deposits around the mouth of the Nile River, ...

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The invention of the shaduf was very important in the story of Ancient Egypt. It helped people to easily access the water from the River Nile. They built a system of canals to bring the water to ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...

At least six Egyptian women have died after a vehicle carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River ... Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta. Sailing along the ...

Home to Africa’s largest waterway, the Nile River — which stretches approximately 3,126 kilometres within Egyptian territory — Egypt holds vast untapped potential for river transport.

Tomb near Abydos found 7 meters underground at Anubis Mountain, announced by University of Pennsylvania Museum.

Water conservation as a strategy for creating new water resources to turn deserts into farmland The arid country of Egypt is totally dependent on the Nile River, and is experiencing a continuous rise ...

Downstream in Egypt, where the Nile meets the sea ... of Egyptians live along the Nile or in its delta. At the megalopolis of Cairo, the river begins to fan out into a giant delta, a historically ...