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21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt

  • 21st July 2022
  • Tagged as: Africa, Aswan, Construction, Dam, Egypt, Nile, River Nile, Water

Construction of the Aswan High Dam took just over ten years and cost nearly $1 billion.

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