Histories

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,[*](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.) 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.