
Egypt: Engineering an Empire
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- 2006
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Greece and Rome did not pass ...
of distant dreams, a civilization
conceived the impossible ...
and built the unimaginable.
For millennia, the Egyptians
built in dimensions ...
much larger than all the others.
Enriched by his conquests
and strengthened by their gods ...
the indomitable pharaohs erected the first
monolith stone of the ancient world.
The tallest building.
The oldest dam.
The most impregnable fortress.
The largest city.
And the supreme monument
the ego of a ruler.
The message is clear:
Do not mess with Egypt.
The Egyptian engineers
redefined the boundaries ...
of architectural possibility.
But his path to eternal glory
betrayal and disaster.
Summer 3000 year. C. ..
Rain clouds were forming
above the Ethiopian ...
1.280km south of the Egyptian border.
Before long, a drizzle
became torrent ...
streams and awakened dormant
red as blood, due to sludge
darkened by the sun of East Africa.
joined to form the Blue Nile ...
that sped before 1.360km
colliding with his brother ...
the White Nile in Sudan
States, both advancing northward,
Egypt inside, like the Nile ...
a central river
ascending civilization.
If the flood did not occur
that year, there would be famine.
No one would eat.
All Egyptians would be hungry.
If the flood was very strong,
could destroy everything.
In late July, the Nile
overflowed its banks ...
and consumed the whole valley,
leveling everything in its path.
to the Mediterranean Sea,
villages were flooded ...
and thousands were homeless.
In Egypt, the flood
but the effects of the devastation
could last a lifetime.
of unimaginable proportions.
Fields were submerged
and rotted.
Children surely die ...
there was no possibility
feeding families ...
and even, as we know
Cannibalism was ...
While the flood swallowed
his new capital, Memphis,
remained dry ...
thanks to the dam 16m
that surrounded her.
It was the first dam
recorded by history.
dam and the city that protected ...
Menes was the first pharaoh
He was a warrior
and his army recently unify
into one great kingdom.
much more powerful than ...
The king was placed
on earth by the gods ...
and operation
correct universe.
And he gives the Egyptians
not only this life ...
but also the afterlife.
In Memphis, Menes imposed his will
with the aid of an innovative
building technology.
Hello, I'm Peter Weller.
The flood that describe
in 5000 years
history of Egypt.
There are few archaeological records
but we know that he gave
prevention of major floods.
His engineers built
a set of barriers ...
to protect Memphis
floods.
And this dam should be firm
enough to change the course of the Nile ...
and ensure the safety of Memphis.
The idea that a civilization
of 5000 years ago ...
has achieved this effect
is simply outstanding.
Today, the dam built by Menes
lost in the dust of ages ...
but another old dam
survives east of Memphis.
Known as El Sadd Kafara
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