Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 2.158.1

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Psammetichus had a son, Necos, who became king of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt . It was he who began building the canal into the +Red Sea [42,15] (sea) Red Sea ,¹ which was finished by Darius the Persian. This is four days' voyage in length, and it was dug wide enough for two triremes to move in it rowed abreast.

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[1] Ψαμμητίχου δὲ Νεκῶς παῖς ἐγένετο καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Αἰγύπτου, ὃς τῇ διώρυχι ἐπεχείρησε πρῶτος τῇ ἐς τὴν Ἐρυθρὴν θάλασσαν φερούσῃ, τὴν Δαρεῖος ὁ Πέρσης δεύτερα διώρυξε· τῆς μῆκος ἐστὶ πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες, εὖρος δὲ ὠρύχθη ὥστε τριήρεας δύο πλέειν ὁμοῦ ἐλαστρευμένας.

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1. This canal ran from near Tel Basta ( +Tall Bastah [31.516,30.566] (deserted settlement), Ash Sharqiyah, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa Bubastis ) apparently to +Suez [32.55,29.966] (inhabited place), Suez, Urban, Egypt, Africa Suez . Inscriptions recording Darius' construction of it have been found in the neighborhood.

Herodotus Histories 2.158.1

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