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The Suez Canal (/ ˈ s uː. ɛ z /; Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
The Suez Company or Suez Canal Company, full initial name Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez), [1] sometimes colloquially referred to in French as Le Suez ("The Suez"), [2] [3] was a company formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858 to operate the Egyptian granted concession of the Suez Canal, which the company built between 1859 and 1869.
The monument, also known as the Chalouf stele (alt. Shaluf Stele), records the construction of a forerunner of the modern Suez Canal by the Persians, a canal through Wadi Tumilat, connecting the easternmost, Bubastite, branch of the Nile with Lake Timsah, which was connected to the Red Sea by natural waterways. [2]
Suez Canal Authority: History; Original owner: Suez Canal Authority: Principal engineer: Egyptian Armed Forces : Other engineer(s) The Arab Contractors. Orascom Construction Industries. 84 other companies [1] Construction began: 5 August 2014: Date of first use: 6 August 2015: Date completed: 9 December 2016: Geography; Branch of: Suez Canal ...
In total, there have been five closures to the Suez Canal since its opening in 1869, one of which has forced the vital shipping route to shut down for years.
Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (Lorient, France, 23 November 1799 – Cairo 9 July 1883) was an explorer of Egypt and, as the chief engineer of Egypt's public works, 1831–1869, an influential engineer of the Suez Canal. He is listed as a founder of the Suez Canal Company.
Men are shown working on Panama Canal construction in 1913. - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images ... led by the developers of the Suez Canal, who ultimately made the first moves to construct a canal ...
The canal’s construction began in 1880 under Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, but failed due to diseases, like Malaria and yellow fever, and harsh conditions, costing over ...