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Story: After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the ruler of Egypt, the Khedive Ismail, promised the United States an obelisk. Henry Gorridge, a lieutenant commander of the U.S. Navy, was ...

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The film explores the significance of the Suez Canal as a crucial waterway for global trade, connecting Europe and Asia. It details the historical attempts to construct the canal, starting from ...

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The Corinth Canal is an impressive artificial canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of ...

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