The Nilometer on Elephantine Island, Aswan, southern Egypt.

The Nilometer on Elephantine Island, Aswan, southern Egypt. The ancient Egyptians relied on floodwater at the beginning of the planting season, and they learned that its water makes the land more fertile and suitable for cultivation. Still, in some times when the flood comes severe, a large part of the agricultural quota is destroyed, or […]

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Elephantine Island, Aswan, Egypt

Elephantine Island, Aswan, Egypt Elephantine Island is one of Egypt’s Nile islands, located in the city of Aswan, with an area of ​​about 1500 meters in length from north to south and 500 meters in width. Its height is about 12 meters, and the population of this island is 5800 people, the vast majority of […]

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