CAIRO, EGYPT: One of the Strongest earthquakes to hit Egypt it modem times toppled buildings October 12, and caused dead); Stampedes of scared residents.
Safwat cl-Sharif, Egypt’s information minister, said that antiquities throughout the country, including the 4,600-year-old Giza Pyramid: and Sphinx and the southern Egypt temple complexes of Luxor and Karnak, were safe,
The quake also spared the Aswan High Dam, which holds back 310.mile-long Lake Nasser, the world’s largest artificial lake, A breach would have flooded Cairo,
Article extracted from this publication >> October 23, 1992
