Al-Ahram Weekly Online   16 - 22 September 2004
Issue No. 708
Heritage 		 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
The world's oldest dam
The earliest recorded dam in history was built some 4000 years ago -- and was washed out before it was ever used. Jill Kamil goes in search of Sadd Al-Kafara
A rare medium
by Jill Kamil

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