In this instalment of the Nile series CCTV’s Fahmida Miller gets up-close with operators of the Felluca, to learn why these boats from ancient times are still sailing the Nile.
As CCTV’s Yasser Hakim takes us to the Kom Ombo Temple, for a glimpse of how ancient Egyptians worshipped their gods, and the connection with the Nile
The flow of the Nile had for a long time been linked to the direct intervention of water gods. The construction of the Aswan High Dam from the 1960s, helped to control the annual flooding of the Nile. But the advent of modernity has not resulted in people abandoning their traditional modes of transport, along the Nile. Fahmida Miller gets up-close with operators of the Felluca, to learn why these boats from ancient times are still sailing the Nile
