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Aswan is one of the driest inhabited places in the world; as of early 2001, the last rain here was 6 years ago. In Nubian settlements they generally do not bother to roof all of the rooms in their houses.
This is identified with the ancient city of Syene , which is famous for providing a basis on which Eratosthenes disputed the Flat Earth theory and attempted to determine the circumference of the Earth.
See also: Aswan Dam, Elephantine, Kitchener's Island, Nag Hammadi
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