The Toshka Project in Egypt

TOSHKA, EGYPT - MARCH 13: Fields of grain but up against the desert at KADCO, Kingdom Agricultural Development Company, invested in by Prince Walid Bin Talal, March 13, 2012. The Toshka Project is an attempt to create a vast agricultural oasis out of desert and water diverted from the nile. Building started 10 years ago and was seen as Mubarak's pyramid. Now it continues to slowly grow at a fraction of it's original design. (Photo by David Degner/Getty Images)