The High Dam High Dam To a Greek-Egyptian agifonomist, Andrian Dannios, must go credit for the idea of building a dam at Aswan so large that it could provide for long-term storage of water as well as protect against high and low floods. His concept was not, however, to take root until after the 1952 […]
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Aga Khan Mausoleum forty-eighth Imam (or leader) of the Ismaili sect of lslam, is another landmark of Aswan. Aga Khan Mausoleum ,is not an historical monument, but it has gained considerable popular cultural appeal. The late Aga Khan (who claimed direct descent from Fatima, the daughter of the prophet Muhammad), used […]