You can, however, expect to meet some crocodiles on your Nile voyage. Most itineraries stop at Kom Ombo, a town 50km upriver ...

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9, 1960, construction of the Aswan High Dam began in Egypt. It would be the first time ... that might be lost under what became known as Lake Nasser. In all, 22 monuments and architectural ...

We’re on our way from Abu Simbel in the distant south of Egypt to the Mediterranean city ... Watchmen dressed in galabias look out over Lake Nasser, waiting for fish or crocodiles to poke ...