[HN Gopher] Three thousand years of river channel engineering in...
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       Three thousand years of river channel engineering in the Nile
       Valley
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2023-06-20 04:54 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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       | vondur wrote:
       | The Ptolemiec Kings did this heavily and reclaimed lands in the
       | Fayum area in order to dispense it to the native Macedonian
       | soldiers to pay them.
        
       | DrDroop wrote:
       | It does not mention the canal of the pharaohs, the predecessor of
       | the Suez Canal:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_of_the_Pharaohs
        
         | dr_dshiv wrote:
         | I know there was a lot of trade between India and Egypt in
         | Hellenistic and Roman times; but I don't know whether this
         | canal was involved. Curious!
        
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