Aswan High Dam - a monument to the indestructible friendship between Egypt and the Soviet Union. The desire for monumental structures alike in Soviet architects of the Egyptian pharaohs: the height of the dam - 110 meters, length - 4 kilometers wide at the base - 1 mile. Dam construction lasted 10 years - from 1960 to 1970. It is called the "pyramid of the 20th century", "new miracle of Egypt" by subordinating the will of man the great Nile.