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When people think about Egypt, the pyramids get all the attention. There's another more recent marvel that made an impact on the region, the Suez Canal. The waterway took 10 years to build and connects the Red and Mediterranean seas as a 193 kilometer (120 mile) long canal.

The canal was opened on March 7, 1869 providing a link between the west and the east. Previously ships had needed to travel around the Cape of Good Hope, an additional 9,000 km!

In 2011 about 17,800 ships went through the canal, carrying 691.8 million tons of cargo, equal to about 8 percent of world trade. It earned $5.13 billion in tolls in 2012.

Thanks to Pam Gaulin at yahoo.com for sharing the information.
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monza006

Well, thank you everyone for your lovely comments. It was a complete oversight that I forgot the info!!! I'm really pleased you enjoyed my choice of images, I cannot imagine how it must feel to have such huge vessels passing through such a narrow waterway.

oldiepumpkin

It's surprising to know, that there are people actually working for a living. It seemed to me, that everybody is always on the computer to produce and solve puzzles!LOL

puzzlejan

Fine selection of images, Mandy - and what would world trade and shipping been without the Suez and Panama canals :-)
PJ

2dogs7cats

And here I was thinking that you didn't like us any more and we had to go and look up the info on our own. Glad to know that's not the case. Fun puzzle, Thanks Mandy.

Elfie

Beautiful, Mandy, thanks so very much!!

buckeye425

These are fantastic images for today Mandy! Such an interesting subject...I'll be back later to read your history. Thanks for all the research you do on these and for sharing it with us here.

monza006

Oopsie, Wendy is right, and I can't add it now cos I'm at work... I'll add it tonight, after I get home... 21:30 GMT. I only logged on to post my other puzzles, hope to catch up with comments later... Thanks for bearing with me :-)

Wendy_13

Oh no! Mandy had to get up to go to work early in the morning UK time and she prepared puzzles today ahead of time. She forgot to add the info that goes with this.

Robbiel

Very nicely done Mandy, thanks it is quite a sight especially as Ardy noted. Lots of camels, big ships and tons of sand!!

ringleader

What a contrast - the camels and the big barge. Thanks, Mandy, for today's history lesson.

roadworn

Well done pictorial history lesson. Thanks.

pkin38

Shall we sing Happy birthday to the Suez Canal.. Love the puzzle Thanks Mandy

tigress

I looked up the Suez Canal on wikipedia and it has a long, long history. Thanks for sharing this day with us, Mandy. As always, you found some great images. :-)

oldiepumpkin

I am first on the list. hurray. I am actually first of one!

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