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Present Development Phases of the Suez Canal Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

Nabil Hilaly
Nabil Hilaly
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(Director, Suez Canal Research Centre)
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It is recorded that Egypt was the first country to dig a canal to promote world trade; the first canal was dug in the reign of Pharaoh Senusret III (1887–1849 B.C.), to link the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea through the Nile delta. This canal, often abandoned due to silting, was reopened for navigation by later Pharaohs and finally by Amro Ibn El Ass in A.D. 640 after which it remained open for 150 years.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , September 1982 , pp. 460 - 465
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1982

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