What pharaonic-era festival, marking the new year and the beginning of the Nile flood season, was revived in modern times and centres on offerings to the river?

• A Sham el-Nessim
• B Wafaa el-Nil ✓
• C Opet festival
• D Beautiful Feast of the Valley

Wafaa el-Nil ('Fidelity of the Nile') was revived in the 20th century as a modern civic festival with flower-decorated boats, youth parades, and cultural performances, drawing on the ancient Egyptian tradition of throwing offerings into the Nile to ensure a bountiful flood.