The Suez Canal is the masterpiece of the Achaemenid king Darius the Great
From the Achaemenid rule over Egypt, numerous works and monuments have been left, most of which are from the time of Darius I.. One of the most important remains from the time of Darius in Egypt is the waterway that connects the Nile to the Red Sea.. Along the route of this waterway, which was created during the time of Pharaohs and Darius to connect the Red Sea to the Nile and the Mediterranean Sea, it has four natural sections and three artificial sections..
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The natural parts of the waterway are:: ۱- Great Bitter Lake, 2- Crocodile Lake, 3- A tributary of the Nile, 4- the Nile. The artificial and excavated parts of the waterway are:: ۱- The distance between the city of Suez and bitter lake, 2- The distance between bitter lake and crocodile lake, 3- The distance between the crocodile lake and the branch of the Nile, which passes through Tumilat valley and reaches the side of Zagazig city.. From here onwards, the ships have gone to the Nile River through the Nile branch and then departed on the Nile to various cities or entered the Mediterranean Sea. So far, five stone pillars commemorating this king have been identified..
Dariush, five inscriptions on a red granite stone (Sumac stone) There is an inscription next to this important waterway, which is a reminder of this great and wonderful engineering and surveying program in ancient times.. The stones have a height of about 3 meters and are not native to their location; Rather, they were procured from another place and installed in their current location after the completion of stonework. Apparently, all five versions are copies of each other and have no difference in content.
After digging the Suez Canal, Dariush Shah ordered to install large stone tablets in the canal to commemorate this great and lasting work, which are mentioned in these inscriptions.:
…The great god is Ahuramazda who created the land, who created man, who created happiness for man and chose Darius as king.. He also gave Darius a great kingdom with good men and good horses. I am Darius, the great king, the king of all the people, the king of the vast land, the son of Achaemenid Vishtasep…
Says Darius Shah : I am a Persian, I opened Egypt with the Persians, I ordered them to dig this canal…From the river that flows in Egypt, it is called the Nile to the sea that comes from Persia (Persian gulf) This canal was dug as I had ordered, and the ships sailed from Egypt to the land of Persia through this waterway, as was my will.…
May God bless Dariush and Cyrus, the great pride of Iranians
I always thought that the Suez Canal was built in recent centuries and I couldn't imagine that such a great canal with technology was built 2500 years ago under the command of Darius the Great. I just realized that I don't know anything about the glorious history of Iran..
Hello Hussain, it is absolutely true that the Suez Canal was built by the order of Darius the Great, of course, and unfortunately a few years ago when Egypt declared the Suez Canal national, it was built by the order of the Emperor of Persia and along the entire route of this canal, as mentioned in the article. 5 The inscription of Darius the Great has been installed, whose writings are a document that Darius built this canal. This is the complete text of these inscriptions:
Dariush…
The great king, the king of kings (King of kings) , the king of the lands, the king in this great land, the son of Vishtasep, the Achaemenid.
Ahuramazda is a great god who created that sky. To create this earth, to create man, to create happiness for man, who gave Darius a king, who gave Darius a great governor, with good horses, with good people.
I am Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of lands with diverse peoples, the king of this great, wide and far-reaching land, the son of Vishtasep, the Achaemenid.
Says Dariush Shah, I am a Persian, I took Egypt from Persia, I gave the order to dig this waterway from the river called Nile, which flows in Egypt, to the sea that goes from Persia, so then this waterway was dug, as it was my command. , and the ships in this waterway went from Egypt to Persia, as was my wish.
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