The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)

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The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)

The flooding of the Nile and its silt deposition was a natural cycle first attested in Ancient Egypt. It was of singular importance in the history and culture of Egypt. Governments and administrators of Egypt began constructing infrastructure to control the flooding in the 19th century, and these projects continued into the 20th. The annual flooding cycle in Egypt came to an end in 1970 with the completion of the Aswan High Dam.

Source: Wikipedia Flooding_of_the_Nile

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