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In the Ancient Egyptian religion, Hapi was the god of the Nile and the annual flooding of it. Both he and the pharaoh were thought to control the flooding. The annual flooding of the Nile occasionally was said to be the Arrival of Hapi. [3] Since this flooding provided fertile soil in an area that was otherwise desert, Hapi symbolised fertility.
Hapi (Ancient Egyptian: ḥꜥpj) was the god of the annual flooding of the Nile in ancient Egyptian religion. The flood deposited rich silt (fertile soil) on the river's banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops. [1] Hapi was greatly celebrated among the Egyptians.
In c. 2150 BC, Egypt was hit by a series of exceptionally low Nile floods that may have influenced the collapse of the centralised government of the Old Kingdom after a famine. [ 41 ] Middle East
A team of archaeological divers found pieces of ancient Egyptian artifacts that have been sitting at the bottom of the Nile River since the area was flooded in the 1960s and 1970s.. During an ...
A nilometer is a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season in Egypt. [1] There were three main types of nilometers, calibrated in Egyptian cubits: (1) a vertical column, (2) a corridor stairway of steps leading down to the Nile, and (3) a deep well with a culvert. [1]
The Nile no longer floods in Egypt since the completion of the Aswan Dam in 1970. An anabranch river, the Bahr el Zeraf , flows out of the Nile's Bahr al Jabal section and rejoins the White Nile. The flow rate of the Bahr al Jabal at Mongalla is almost constant throughout the year and averages 1,048 m 3 /s (37,000 cu ft/s).
The Season of the Inundation or Flood (Ancient Egyptian: Ꜣḫt) [b] was the first season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars. It fell after the intercalary month of Days over the Year ( Ḥryw Rnpt ) [ 3 ] and before the Season of the Emergence ( Prt ). [ 4 ]
The Aswan Dam, or Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970.When it was completed, it was the tallest earthen dam in the world, surpassing the Chatuge Dam in the United States. [2]