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NASA image of the Suez Canal — Taken by the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite on January 30, 2001. Shows the Great Bitter Lake at the center (before the 2015 expansion)
Photo Credit: By NASA - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=392578

NASA image of the Suez Canal Taken by the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite on January 30, 2001. Shows the Great Bitter Lake at the center (before the 2015 expansion)

Participating certificate of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez — issued 1 January 1889
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59155147

Participating certificate of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez issued 1 January 1889

Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 —
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35888954

Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869

Isma'il Pasha —
Photo Credit: Unknown author - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5406718

Isma'il Pasha

grave of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris —
Photo Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65990097

grave of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Lesseps' statue at the entrance of the Suez Canal — 1955; the outstretched hand indicated that the way was now open to the East
Photo Credit: By Zdravko Pečar - Museum of African Art (Belgrade), CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99670829

Lesseps' statue at the entrance of the Suez Canal 1955; the outstretched hand indicated that the way was now open to the East

Coat of arms of the Egyptian Kingdom —
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RickStudent, Philosopher, Writer, Developer

NASA image of the Suez Canal Taken by the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite on January 30, 2001. Shows the Great Bitter Lake at the center (before the 2015 expansion)

Participating certificate of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez issued 1 January 1889

Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869

Isma'il Pasha

grave of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Lesseps' statue at the entrance of the Suez Canal 1955; the outstretched hand indicated that the way was now open to the East

Coat of arms of the Egyptian Kingdom

Muhammad Sa'id Pasha (1822–1863)

Abbas Helmy I of Egypt

Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

Muhammad Ali of Egypt