Aswan
April 27th 2010 Today we are in Aswan. Aswan is a city where two dams we built to control the Nile.
In ancient time as well as modern times the Nile would flood and recede seasonally alternating flooding the surrounding lands. The god of the Nile is depicted as a man with the head of a crocodile. It is to this god that the Egyptians made offerings so he would control the floods and not destroy the temples. Unf
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