Location:
Egypt
Coordinates:
20.0000, 38.0000
Events at Red Sea (5)
600 BC
ID: 5752
Pharaoh Necho II attempts Red Sea-Nile canal - reportedly kills 120,000 workers, abandons after oracle warns it helps barbarians
ID: 5752
500 BC
ID: 5753
Persian King Darius I completes Red Sea canal - 'I ordered this canal to be dug from Nile to sea which goes to Persia'
ID: 5753
250 BC
ID: 5754
Ptolemy II rebuilds canal with locks - engineering marvel allows controlled water flow, Elephants from Africa transported via canal
ID: 5754
110
ID: 5755
Emperor Trajan's Canal connects Nile to Red Sea - 'River of Trajan' enables Roman-Indian Ocean trade for two centuries
ID: 5755
350
ID: 5756
Red Sea canal abandoned - silting and maintenance costs end 900 years of intermittent canal operation
ID: 5756