Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of ...

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In Egypt, where water scarcity already is a problem, farmers are moving away from water-intensive crops such as rice. “Everyone is worried about the dam, not just me,” said Mohamed Abdelkhaleq ...

Designed by the Greek inventor Heron, this coin-operated holy water dispenser was used in Egyptian temples to dispense water for ritual washings. Worshippers would place a coin into the machine and ...

Egypt and Sudan stated Monday that Sudanese and Egyptian water security are inseparable and form a single, unified entity, asserting their rejection of any unilateral actions that could harm their ...

The royal tombs are decorated with stories of Egyptian mythology that tell us about the beliefs of the people who lived here more than 3 000 years ago. I'm Hussein and it's my job to bring water ...

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