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The Great Eastern Canal in Egypt

    Mustafa Nour el-Din

Ägypten und Levante 32, pp. 199-230, 2023/02/08

Internationale Zeitschrift für ägyptische Archäologie und deren Nachbargebiete
International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines

doi: 10.1553/AEundL32s199

doi: 10.1553/AEundL32s199

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doi:10.1553/AEundL32



doi:10.1553/AEundL32s199



doi:10.1553/AEundL32s199

Abstract

This research focuses on the presence of an ancient canal or canals that directly linked the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea by connecting the lakes on the Isthmus of Suez. The Canal region received great attention in the Ptolemaic period. Cities and fortresses were established here, and a series of canals were dug for development and defense. The term “The Great Eastern Canal” appears on the Pithom stele from Ptolemy II’s reign (285–246 BCE), together with information on the re-digging of the Nile–Red Sea Canal. The research is important because it complements the previous studies on the Nile–Red Sea Canal and provides new data and evidence for the existence of a series of canals linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. The author carried out archaeological surveys to determine the courses of these canals.

Keywords: Canal, Eastern Delta, Wadi Tumilat, Ptolemaic period, Nabateans, Red Sea, Egypt