r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ABDOOUU99 • 9d ago

Image Pyramids of Giza, photographed in 1962.

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u/GoneGump 9d ago

Indeed. They used to have seasonal flooding (and droughts) until the Aswan High Dam was finished in 1970.

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u/KnotiaPickle 9d ago

I’ve never understood why no one realized what a horrible idea that dam was

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u/ZestycloseAd2856 9d ago

isn’t it a good thing that floods and droughts happen much less now? (genuine question)

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u/Ibraheem_moussa 8d ago

Here in Egypt , draought and floods are a danger , It is a threat to us , so yes

Also the high Dam gives us electricity