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Aswan High Dam In Egypt Completed On This Day In 1970
The Aswan High Dam (pictured below) was completed on this day in 1970 in Egypt, which was then known as the United Arab Republic. The dam took a decade to construct and formed the gigantic Lake Nasser reservoir that flooded two ancient Egyptian temples (pictured below). With the help of Soviet funding, the dam was completed….
