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At least 10 Egyptian women and children died Tuesday when a small bus carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River just outside Cairo, health authorities said.
The festival of the Nile as depicted in Norden's Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie Map of the Nile river. The flooding of the Nile (commonly referred to as the inundation) has been an important natural cycle in Nubia and Egypt since ancient times. It is celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil.
An important artifact that speaks to the early history of boat design and ship building was found in the Khartoum Mesolithic layer. A recognizable outline of Nile boat had been cut into a granite pebble. [1] This is the oldest known representation of a Nile boat, and the oldest depiction of a boat that is more advanced in design than a canoe ...
PS Sudan is a passenger-carrying side-wheel paddle steamer on the River Nile in Egypt. [1] Along with PS Arabia, she was one of the largest river steamers in Thomas Cook's Nile fleet. [4] The steamer was built in 1885 for the Egyptian royal family. It was transformed into a cruise liner in 1921. [5]
A funeral with no body. A vigil is being held on Nov. 16 at the Westside Regional Park and Campground in Bodega Bay at 6 p.m. The ceremony will honor Prasong, his lifelong friend Matthew Ong, 42 ...
One person is dead and two are missing after a boat crash in the Connecticut River Monday night, according to officials.. At around 9:15 p.m. EDT, DEEP Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police ...
Police said that Zeina Mahafzah of Wayne was on a raft being pulled by a boat. While the 18-year-old was attempting to board the vessel, she was struck by the boat’s propeller and sustained ...
Flying Phantom was a tug built in 1981 for the Clyde Shipping Company and based in Greenock in Scotland.As a consequence of business takeovers and mergers, by 2001 she was owned by Svitzer Marine Ltd of Middlesbrough, though still based on the Clyde.