Nov 10

2527 years have passed since the opening of the waterway between Red Sea and River Nile, built with the decision of Darius the Great

This piece of history will be completely edited later          On 10 November 518 BC, the work on the construction of the waterway between Red Sea and River Nile was completed, for passing of Iranian ships from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.     The inscriptions on stone show that after completion of work of each part of the waterway details of the work would be carved on stone and installed on the site. Details of this procedure is written in the book “Clear and dark sides of Ancient Egypt” by the German Egyptologist, Karl Lepsius, which has been translated into English by David Lorton and published by Cornell University of USA.     Diodorus Siculus has written that this waterway was built upon the orders of Darius the Great and mainly for military purposes. Archeologists and historians unanimously agree that this is one of the greatest works of mankind in the ancient times.     Egypt was conquered by Kambyses , son and successor of Kourosh the Great, in 525 BC and was a satrapi (province) of Iran until 404 BC (for 121 years). King Xerxes also built a similar waterway in Greece which was discovered during excavations in the previous decade.           Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour (AmordadNews writer)

Friedrich Schiller