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It has long been the ambition of the Pharaoh to dig a canal linking the Red sea with the Nile. The Canal has actually been built and rebuilt many times. The first to have the idea of connecting the Red and Mediterranean Seas was the Pharaoh Necho in Sixth Century BC. He did not complete it, however during the Persian Invasion of Egypt (also Sixth Century BC), King Darius I ordered the Canal completed. The canal consisted of two parts. One part linked the Red Sea to the Great Bitter Lake, and a second linked the Lake with one of the Nile branches in the Delta. The Canal served as a shortcut between Europe and India until the Ptolemic Era (330-30BC) but then fell to disrepair. The Roman Emperor Trajan set Egypt's slaves to work in re-digging the canal during his reign.
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What are egypts major bodies of water?
Ancient Egypt, like modern Egypt) had several of bodies of waters. The main body of water within Egypt was, and still is, the Nile River. The northern coast of Egypt is on the Mediterranean Sea. The eastern coast is on the Red Sea.
What sea borders Egypt?
Mediterranean to the north and Red Sea to the east.
What body water is between ancient Greece and Egypt?
the mediteranean sea
What waterforms are nearby Egypt?
I believe the Nile river and the medteraninan sea and the red sea
Which body of water is east of Egypt?
The water body that is located in the east of Egypt is the Red Sea.
Where in ancient Egypt are the red sea highlands?
Near the red sea.
Where are the Red Sea Highlands?
In Ancient Egypt
Where is the Arabian Desert in Ancient Egypt?
the red sea seperates the arabian desert and egypt..so on the other side of the red sea
Peninsula of ancient Egypt lying north of the red sea?
the Mediterranean sea
What country is home of the ancient pyramids and touches the red sea and the mediterranean sea?
Egypt.
What is the peninsula of ancient Egypt lying north of red sea?
Sinai Peninsula
What sea lies on the east of Egypt?
There is no sea that borders Egypt to the west. The Mediterranean Sea borders Egypt to the north and the Red Sea borders Egypt to the east. "Libya" borders Egypt to the west.
This country is northwestern Africa is the home of the ancient pyramids . it touches both the Mediterranean sea and the red sea what is it?
Egypt
Was sumer west of egypt?
Ancient Sumer was east of Egypt. The two countries were separated by the Red Sea and the Arabian desert.
What are the two seas that border Egypt?
The Mediterranean borders Egypt to the North. The Red Sea borders Egypt to the East. Egypt is one of several countries that border 2 or more oceans.
The Libyan desert lies which direction of ancient Egypt?
westThe Arabian Desert is to the east of Egypt; on the other side of the Red Sea.
Did any bodies of water surround ancient Egypt?
The two bodies of water that surround Egypt are the Red Sea and the Nile River.
