What’s a ‘Delta’, and Why Was Egypt Obsessed?
A river delta is the fan-shaped land a river creates when it meets the sea. For ancient Egypt, the Nile Delta was more than just geography; it was the fertile…
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A river delta is the fan-shaped land a river creates when it meets the sea. For ancient Egypt, the Nile Delta was more than just geography; it was the fertile…
Egypt is undertaking one of the 21st century's most ambitious urban projects: building a new capital from scratch in the desert east of Cairo. This monumental shift is more than…