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Wadi Halfa
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Wadi Halfa is a city in the Northern State of Sudan on the shores of Lake Nubia near the border with Egypt. It is the terminus of a rail line from Khartoum and the point where goods are transferred fr
Wadi Halfa,center
Wadi Halfa,center
A 19th-century photograph of British troops aboard a steamer connecting Wadi Halfa with Asyut during the Mahdist War.
A 19th-century photograph of British troops aboard a steamer connecting Wadi Halfa with Asyut during the Mahdist War.
Photo from 1910 showing the ruins of a medieval Nubian church near Wadi Halfa
Photo from 1910 showing the ruins of a medieval Nubian church near Wadi Halfa
Chained Sudanese prisoners carrying British baggage through Wadi Halfa in 1898.
Chained Sudanese prisoners carrying British baggage through Wadi Halfa in 1898.
Aswan High Dam
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The Aswan High Dam, often called simply Aswan Dam was built between 1960 and 1970 across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt. One of the world's largest embankment dams, it was developed by the Egyptian governme
Wadi Halfa
…Nubian antiquities and was the focus of much archaeological work by teams seeking to save artifacts from the flooding caused by the completion of the Aswan Dam. The Wadi Halfa Sailent, a disputed territory between Egypt and Sudan, is located to its north. Wadi Halfa has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate…
The Aswan Dam as seen from space
The Aswan Dam as seen from space
Egyptian President Nasser and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at the ceremony to divert the Nile during the construction of the Aswan High Dam on 14 M
Egyptian President Nasser and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at the ceremony to divert the Nile during the construction of the Aswan High Dam on 14 May 1964. At this occasion Khrushchev called it "the eighth wonder of the world"
Gamal Abdel Nasser observing the construction of the dam, 1963
Gamal Abdel Nasser observing the construction of the dam, 1963
A view from the vantage point in the middle of High Dam towards the monument of Arab-Soviet Friendship (Lotus Flower) by architects Piotr Pavlov, Juri
A view from the vantage point in the middle of High Dam towards the monument of Arab-Soviet Friendship (Lotus Flower) by architects Piotr Pavlov, Juri Omeltchenko and sculptor Nikolay Vechkanov