Nekou Diorux
other · 550 BC – 2099 AD
Nekou Diorux, an ancient canal in the Wadi Tumilat of Egypt that connected the Pelusiac branch of the Nile River with the Red Sea. Ancient authors, including Aristotle, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, describe a person-made canal in the Nile River valley that has come to be known colloquially as the "Canal of the Pharaohs". According to Pliny, this project began under the 12th Dynasty pharaoh Senusret III (1878–1839 BC). Work on the canal continued under Darius I of Persia, and then yet again under the Ptolemies. Darius I famously erected a series of inscribed monuments marking and commemorating the canal. Pliny continues to state that following this last phase, the canal extended as far as Fontes Amari and was "100 feet wide, 30 deep, and 37 miles long".
- Coordinates
- 30.75000, 32.25000
- Also known as
- Canal of the Pharaohs (en), Canal of the Pharaohs (en)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)