Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Sweet Water Canal, the same as Fresh Water Canal, is a modern canal of Egypt, running along the northern periphery of the now dry distributary of the Wadi Tumilat and extending from Port Said in the north all the way to Suez in the south. Construction was completed in 1863, designed to supply drinking water to nearby citizens.During its construction, remnants of an ancient canal, the Canal of the Pharaohs were discovered which ran through the ancient Egyptian cities of Pi-Ramesses, Bubastis and Pithom. This ancient canal that was discovered has been hypothesized to have been a portion of an ancient "Suez" canal which extended from the Nile to the Red Sea and accounted for by three early classical writers -- Aristotle, Strabo and Pliny the Elder.The terms Sweet Water Canal, Fresh Water Canal and Ismaïlia Canal have been used interchangeably by previous writers, causing a source of confusion.. }
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- Sweet_Water_Canal abstract "The Sweet Water Canal, the same as Fresh Water Canal, is a modern canal of Egypt, running along the northern periphery of the now dry distributary of the Wadi Tumilat and extending from Port Said in the north all the way to Suez in the south. Construction was completed in 1863, designed to supply drinking water to nearby citizens.During its construction, remnants of an ancient canal, the Canal of the Pharaohs were discovered which ran through the ancient Egyptian cities of Pi-Ramesses, Bubastis and Pithom. This ancient canal that was discovered has been hypothesized to have been a portion of an ancient "Suez" canal which extended from the Nile to the Red Sea and accounted for by three early classical writers -- Aristotle, Strabo and Pliny the Elder.The terms Sweet Water Canal, Fresh Water Canal and Ismaïlia Canal have been used interchangeably by previous writers, causing a source of confusion.".