The Ancient Egyptians called The Nile 'Ar' which meant black, because that was the colour of the soil and silt left behind after theflooding. Some years though the river didn't flood properly ...

The ancient Egyptians based their farming around the annual flooding of the River Nile. There were three seasons in the Egyptian calendar: Akhet Also called the Season of the Inundation.

Prof.SATOH In ancient Egypt, wheat and barley were mainly grown as winter crops after a yearly ... I hope to find ways to settle water conflicts and realize rational water use around the world. The ...

But perhaps one of the worst examples dates back 3,500 years to Ancient Egypt. I’m at the vast ... On an excursion from TUI’s new 145-passenger Nile river cruise ship Al Horeya, we’re ...

An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive ‘river groynes’ reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of ...

Seasonal flooding has long been part of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetlands in Africa, in the Nile River floodplain ... towards Egypt in the north.

Ancient Egypt might have to thank the River Nile for all its success after new research into the famous river highlights the role it played during the historic time period. A study from the ...

Egypt is trying to strengthen its diplomatic and military clout in Africa amid an escalating dispute with Ethiopia over the building of a huge dam on a tributary of the River Nile, writes Egypt ...

Entire residential neighbourhoods were destroyed while power and water supplies were disrupted when the River ... Egypt's Aswan dam shows how flood waters can be regulated effectively on The Nile.

Sail along the historic Nile river from Aswan to Luxor, surrounded by the timeless beauty of Egypt's ancient landmarks, including the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Karnak, the Temple of Luxor ...