Kufra Dam (the first dam in history) .

Kufra Dam (the first dam in history.

 "About 40 km from Cairo and near the city of Helwan lies what is known as the Jarawy Valley, a deep ancient valley whose waters dried up from an unspecified ancient time.  From the southeastern part of the valley "

  "Although the dam was discovered in the late nineteenth century, the dam has not yet been fully studied, and all we know about the dam is that it was built in 2650 BC to reserve flood water, and it was built of limestone with a length of 110  M, height 14m, width 32m "

 "Both sides of it remained on the right and left of the valley and in an excellent state of conservation, to the point that the local people who lived near the place of the dam did not mistake that it was a dam and that it was erected to hold water, and so they called it the Dam of the infidels, thinking that it was built in the time of the infidels before the Prophet’s mission  May God bless him and grant him peace "

 "The exciting thing about this dam is that it is the first water dam to be constructed in the world and with these huge measurements, which leaves no doubt that the dam's engineers were not doing experimental work, but rather they built a dam based on a clear and systematic engineering science."

 Therefore, there is no doubt that it was built during the era of building the pyramids, where the kings of Egypt were constructing their pyramids on the other side of the Nile River. Through studying the status of the dam stones and the way they are fused together, we find a clear similarity between the stones of the pyramid walls and the dam stones.

 "And there are still many questions that revolve around the Wadi Jarawy Dam: the first of which was in the era of any of the kings the dam was built? And why is a dam created in this particular place? Did the engineer make a diversion of the water course during construction operations and before the dam is completed as is known in  The building of the dams? Also, was the construction of the dam completed or not? And finally, was the dam destroyed by a huge flood, as it is said? And when was this done? In order to answer these questions, an archaeological mission must include an archaeologist, architect and geologist.

 "It is unacceptable that the site of the dam of the infidels is not known to anyone despite its importance, but rather was ignored as one of the most important monuments and unique tourist sites as the first stone dam in the world is still standing. And a place like this deserves to be a world tourist destination no less than the pyramids of Giza and the temples of Luxor and Karnak  What is required is to take care of the Wadi Jarawi area through the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Promotion Authority to rehabilitate the site as a tourist, as well as the Ministry of Environment, to place the valley within the nature reserves.