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 …

4 days ago · Suez Canal, sea-level waterway running north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and Red seas. It separates the African continent from Asia, and it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

Feb 16, 2018 · The Suez Canal, a man‑made waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea, has enabled international trade and conflict since 1869.

Feb 11, 2025 · Suez Canal - Construction, Expansion, Trade: The first canal in the region is thought to have been dug about 1850 bce, when an irrigation channel navigable at flood period was constructed into the Wadi Tumelat (Al-Ṭumaylāt), a dry river valley east of the Nile delta.

Dec 18, 2020 · When did construction of the Suez Canal begin? The first real construction work of the Suez Canal began in 1859 – about a year after the Suez Canal Company was established. It took the construction team, which was comprised of workers of about 1.5 million people, about 10 years to excavate the area.

Sep 2, 2022 · It’s a major construction project, aimed at doubling the width of the Suez Canal and deepening its main waterway. 500 million cubic meters of sand and soil have already been transported from...

Construction of the Suez Canal involved excavating and dredging 97 million cubic yards (74 million cubic meters) of sediments. Only 486 ships used the Suez Canal in its first full year of operation. When the Suez Canal opened, the channel was only about 26 feet (8 meters) deep.