Floods

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.