THE Nile flood of 1938 has been exceptionally high, and if we consider the Nile at Aswan, it was the highest since that of 1898 or perhaps 1892. Thanks to the protective measures carried out by ...

The Egyptians have had a very different relationship with the Nile. For thousands of years, they referred to its annual flooding as the "Gift of the Nile." Each summer, like clockwork, the river ...

"Reports on ground from Pakwach indicate an incident of a boat that capsized with six people during an intervention made by ...

The pyramids at the site are more than 2,300 years old The authorities in Sudan are trying to protect the country's ancient pyramids from flooding as heavy rains have caused the nearby River Nile ...

That's because Egypt's considerable wealth, power, and influence in the ancient world sprang directly from the great river.

When the worst flooding in more than 50 years engulfed communities along the River Nile in South Sudan last year, thousands of people fled to higher ground, seeking refuge in an old army barracks.

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We even measure the level of the River Nile to see how much flooding we can expect. We have three seasons: Akhet, the flooding season, Peret, the growing season and Shemu, the harvesting season.

For that reason, almost all the drinking water and water required for farming comes from the Nile River. If you know that the Nile floods every year, you may think that the Egyptian people will have ...

One person has been confirmed dead after a marine boat on a rescue mission capsized on the flooded Pakwach-Owliyo road ...

The Nile's predictable flooding allowed Egyptians to turn their arid homeland into the breadbasket of the region. And the easy-to-navigate Egyptian section made transporting raw materials for ...