Nilometer

A boat moored opposite the site of the Nilometer. And a view of where the actual device is found (we didn't get any closer unfortunately). Before the Nile was dammed up, when annual floods fed the banks and the delta with silt this measuring site was crucial for rulers and people alike. I'm not sure which was worse, the years when the Nile rose too high and flooded all within reach or the years when the water didn't come and refertilize the fields for that year's harvest.





We'll see some views of the Nile valley soon also.