Location:
Egypt
Coordinates:
31.0000, 31.0000
Events at Nile Delta (3)
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