High Dam

About the Site

The Aswan High Dam, completed in 1970, controls the Nile's flood and created Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.

From the top there are wide views over the lake and the river, and a monument celebrates Egyptian–Soviet cooperation in its construction.

Visiting tips

A short stop, often combined with Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk.

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