# Aswan Low Dam

Aswan, Egypt

The first dam ever built across the Nile, raised by the British between 1899 and 1902. A vast masonry barrier of granite-faced stone, it was the largest of its kind in the world when it opened, and it reshaped the river forever.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 24.03389, 32.86583

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