THE ASWAN HIGH DAM
- Isaiah 19
- http://biblehub.com/commentaries/isaiah/19-5.htm
- Ezekiel 29
- Ezekiel 30
- Ezekiel 31
- Ezekiel 32
Note: Ezekiel 29-32 are part of a general prophecy about the downfall of Egypt.
Dates:
- Began: 9 January 1960
- Reservoir started filling: 1964
- Opened: 21 July 1970
- Formally Dedicated: January 1971
- Reached Capacity: 1976
Pr Jock has copies of the original articles:
One in the Readers Digest at that time – ‘Super Dams the Peril of Progress’ by Claire Sterling. Condensed from the Atlantic Monthly – June 1972 and;
the other article ‘A Melancholy song on the Nile’ – by Richard Critchfield in the International Wildlife – May/June 1976.
The first time in all recorded history of the flooding of the River Nile it was stopped in 1967 by the dam [not completed until early 70’s] The same year that “… And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt…” Isaiah 19:17 (6 day war). Pr Jock can scan copies of these articles to anyone interested.