The most famous of the monuments affected by the Aswan High Dam Project was the temple complex on the island of Philae. Sacred to the goddess Isis, the sanctuary dates mostly to the Graeco-Roman ...

Photography by Jonathan Stokes As we approach the Aswan Low Dam, on whose reservoir the island-based temple complex is based, we’re bombarded by eager faces selling souvenirs. “Follow me ...

Offer after expensive offer was made to save the great Egyptian temple at Abu Simbel from the waters that will soon rise behind the Aswan Dam. Which method would finally be chosen to preserve that ...

In the 1950s, the country sought to control the river’s flooding by building the Aswan High Dam, an architectural ... In 1965, Egypt gifted the Temple of Dendur as a token of gratitude.

The island of Philae, 10 kilometres upstream from Aswan on an artificial lake created by a dam. The Temple of Isis and another dedicated to Hathor might be Egypt’s most romantic ruins ...

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.