As the older Ptolemaic channel, which was the first to use locks, Trajan's canal linked Mediterranean and Red Sea not directly, but via the Nile. Unlike the Greek channel, though, which branched off the Pelusiac arm, the Roman canal started off the main branch of the Nile at Babylon, 60 km to the south. It joined the Ptolemaic dyke at Belbeis, eventually discharging into the Gulf of Suez at Arsinoe.
Trajans canal
Relevant museums
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National Archaeological Museum, Athens
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Greece, Athens -
Rome, Vatican Museums
Rome, Vatican Museums
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett
Austria, Vienna -
München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
München, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
Germany, Munich -
Barcelona, Museu Egipci
Egyptological museum
Spain, Barcelona -
Berlin, Neues Museum
Berlin, Neues Museum
Germany, Berlin -
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Denmark, Copenhagen -
Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Denmark, Copenhagen -
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
France, Paris -
Allard Pierson Museum
Het Allard Pierson Museum is het archeologisch museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Netherlands, Amsterdam -
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden
Netherlands, Leiden -
Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet
Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Sweden, Stockholm -
The British Museum
The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Holborn -
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
United States of America, Manhattan
Nearby sites
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Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Babylon Fortress, a major military stronghold of the Byzantine Empire in Egypt, was captured by forces of the Rashidun Caliphate after a prolonged siege in 640.
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Babylon (Cairo)
One of the largest fortresses built by Diocletian was the great fortress of Babylon in Egypt, built where Trajan's canal joined the Nile.
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Bizantine bridge
Bizantine bridge
Egypt, Giza -
Roman Rd
Roman Rd
Egypt, Giza