Cairo’s survival was, is, and will be dependent on the flow of the Nile. Since the city was founded in 10th century CE the Nile’s scouring waters have left behind untouched ground onto which the city has spilled and grown. Modern Cairo’s youngest districts are closest to the Nile, founded on earth which was underwater centuries before. It is the river’s changing nature that made the Nile Val ...[Read More]
How Ancient Egyptian Decline Synced With Hydrological Change….And How They Survived
Fields of the Nile River. Credit: Katja Bigge via Imaggeo