Word: pyramids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dignitaries, including the American and British charges d'affaires. President Gamal Nasser yanked the switch that exploded ten tons of dynamite in the river cliff. At last, work had begun on the billion-dollar Aswan High Dam, which when built will be a mightier achievement than the proudest pyramid of the Pharaohs. It will increase Egypt's arable land by one-third, reclaiming 1,000,000 acres of desert and giving another 700,000 acres the capability of producing several crops a year instead of only...