What is the cause of red lumps on the back, neck and chest and when squeezed lots of blood appears. The bleeding more What is the cause of red lumps on the back, neck and chest and when squeezed lots of blood appears. The bleeding would last for approx 20-30minutes.
Although the Suez Canal wasn't officially completed until 1869, there is a long history of interest in connecting both the Nile River in Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
The ancient canal allowed passage from the Mediterranean Sea to a Nile Delta tributary, then. through the canal to the Bitter Lakes, then south to the Gulf of Suez. The current Suez Canal. dug and opened by the French in 1869, goes directly from the Mediterranean north to south. to the Gulf of Suez for 120 miles. Ancient Egypt first made a canal to connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea via the. tributaries of the River delta of the Nile.