The source of the Nile has been sought after for millennia to no avail. But today I take a look at where this question comes from, those who tried to solve it, and why.

Many of the most famous attempts to find the Nile's source occurred at the high points of Victorian exploration. But the question bedeviled explorers for hundreds — even thousands — of years.

The lake's shoreline stretches over 2,000 miles and it is home to around 1,000 islands, some of which are inhabited.

The Nile was, in fact, the source of fertility and farming as well as trade and transport for Egyptians. This boat came into the collection in 1923 from the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology ...

Downstream in Egypt, where the Nile meets the sea, a starkly different picture emerges: The dam is a giant, menacing barrier that could be used to hold back the source of nearly all the country ...

Without the River Nile, Egypt would be a desert because very little rain falls there. Luckily, lots of rain does fall upstream, near the sources of the river. Every year, a very heavy rainfall in ...

Addis Ababa believes that by building this great dam, apart from the ability to control the sources of the Nile, political achievements can also be of great economic benefit. With a capacity of 74 ...