Long, 3-hour bus ride through the dessert to the Aswan High Dam!

You could see sand for miles and miles....

Drawing at the site showing the construction between 1960-1971

Map of the river area  where dam was built in

High Dam is Egypt's greatest engineering feat

Aswan High Dan improved Egyptian farmers' ability to control their crops

Lake Nasser was world's largest artificial lake at time of building of dam

Immense dam measures 12K feet across, 364 feet high, 93K feet wide at base

Dam forever changed the agricultural rhythms of Egypt

Cataracts across the Nubian terrain near the dam built by British 1898-1902

Demonstration of the ancient making of papyrus (paper) at Papyrus Institute

Boarded feluccas - low, broad native boat with huge triangular sail

Mausoleum of late Aga Khan on barren hillside behind his villa

Nubian housing along the shoreline of an island

Our one-hour ride was smooth and relaxing!

Tombs of the Nobles on island cliffs (Prince Sarenput II-12th Dynasty)