When Egypt built the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s, it promised progress - but also posed a devastating threat to history. Rising waters from the Nile would have swallowed entire ancient temples, ...

While searching the Nile River, a team of Egyptian and French archaeologists has discovered carvings, paintings and miniatures depicting ancient pharaohs. The underwater expedition took place near ...

An underwater archaeological mission in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, recovered a handful of long-lost artifacts. When the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s flooded the area, UNESCO ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 9, 1960, construction of the Aswan ...

A number of paintings, inscriptions, and other artworks of several pharaohs were found in Aswan, on the heels of previous inscriptions found before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Reading time ...

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A joint team of Egyptian-French archaeologists has uncovered paintings, carvings, and miniatures of numerous ancient Egyptian pharaohs in the waters of the Nile south of Aswan. The diving expedition ...