To: CholeraJoe
They used the Ptolemaic-era ports on the Red Sea. I don't think the New Kingdom-era Nile-to-Suez canal was usable by Roman times.
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09/15/2006 1:12:50 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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Canals for Shipping in ancient Egypt (author not obvious)
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