The Suez Canal transformed the world forever. Now, again, widening it is a major construction project, aimed at doubling the width and deepening its main waterway. 500 million cubic meters of sand and soil have already been transported from all over the world. Using unprecedented 3D images, we reveal how the canal will be widened. We also look back to the original construction, back in 1859, to show how it first came to be built.
As for the problem of crossing the ever evolving Suez Canal I can see the solution as being a large ferry suitable for vehicles with the outer docks for the ferry being recessed into the banks to avoid causing canal traffic obstuction. Any bridge built would become too short as the canal is widened and any tunnel underneath the Suez Canal would eventualy hinder the deepening of the canal.
When do you think Egypt will repay those who built the canal in the first place. With interest and adjusted for inflation plus an amount for damages i.e. loss of income due to Nasser Nationalising the canal? Just thought I’d mention it lol
Wait are you saying that 500 million cubic meters of sand and soil was brought to the Suez from all over the world? Or do you mean to say what was said in the video which is that dredges were brought in from all over the world to move the 500 million cubic meters of sand and soil from the new canal section?
@@prepperjonpnw6482 Egypt has purchased dredgers, the most modern in the world and the largest, from Holland and Belgium to deepen and dig a parallel canal
As an Egyptian im stunned by the amount of engineering genius put into this project throughout its history and after ive watched this exceptional documentary….i feel extremely proud of every free “unknown” Egyptian that participated and lost their lives for this world changing project to come to life those are the true unsung heroes that deserve honoring …
What about the original builders of the canal? I would say that everyone who was involved with the canal from the design engineers to the lowest peasant with a shovel to those who secured financing for it to be built to all of the families (wives and children) who went long periods without seeing their husband/father while they were away working on it. There were so many people involved it’s difficult to name them all I would even include the very first person to dream of this canal. But definitely a big thank you to all of the nameless labourers who toiled for long endless days doing back breaking work moving what must have seemed like never ending piles of earth. All throughout history on many many large projects there were always the lowly labourers doing 90% of the work usually for low wages if they were even paid, quite a few were slaves. Thank goodness for mechanical engineers who designed and built all of the fantastic machines we have now. Cheers
Obviously ? They bought shares or bonds which made / make huge profits. An ideal semi socialist idea ?. Ferdinand de Lesseps's replication in France for Panama (folie ?) bankrupted the entire country (Gvt, banks, investors alike)
@@eugenio1542 It's not socialist, it's capitalism done on a massive scale. The people are investing money in government bonds that will go towards building the canal, which will pay them back in the long term when everyone around the world uses that canal. Each ship 800,000$ like said in the documentary. It would be socialist if everyone got paid, but in this case it's only people that bought bonds getting paid. So I guess it's right of you to call it semi socialist. Definitely better than bankrupting the whole country that's for sure.
@@mixrable1212 YES ! I understand you if you me ? Fantastic model for what I call COMMUNALISM. I am a "white Zulu" caught between feudal and capitalist "tendencies" - a middle road ??? Both Ubuntu and personal/corporate benifit/profit ?? ngiJabule ubona (I am happy to "see"/know you.)
@@mixrable1212 YES ! I understand you if you me ? Fantastic model for what I call COMMUNALISM. I am a "white Zulu" caught between feudal and capitalist "tendencies" - a middle road ??? Both Ubuntu and personal/corporate benifit/profit ?? ngiJabule ubona (I am happy to "see"/know you.)
it's a amazing Project of International Cooperation and praiseworthy for design technology tools and working . Modern marvel of development and Economics .
Happy 🆕 Year FD Crew. Thank you for always taking your time to educate, empower and entertain us through your various channels. Looking forward to a great 2022. Peace🕊️
Damm!! It was brutal how people were forced in Egypt to provide Hard Labour for the construction of the Canal in the 80s without Advanced Machinery but still they found a way !!
A totally brilliant documentary. A story very well and comprehensively told. How disappointing that the adverts eat into its integrity with the sheer quantity and frequency of these ads. I suspect somebody is being greedy at the expense of the viewer.
From 23:54, you have a great example of the way biology anticipates technology. The device essentially is an artificial mouth and gullet, complete with teeth and saliva. From 25:09 and from 26:12, also from 26:55 you then can see how the digestive system of an animal is imitated also at its other end, after the sand has been stored in the stomach of a ship. So altogether you have a huge artificial animal eating its way through the ground.
The French success with the Suez Canal was the cause of the French failure with the Panama Canal. The French thought they could make a sea-level Panama Canal. They were wrong.
REST IN PEACE our Egyptian martyrs : -for our martyrs who lost their lives while digging it by their "hands'' (more than120 thousand Egyptians) -for our martyrs who was killed by the conspiracy of britain, france and israel in Portsaid after the Nationalization of "Our canal" -for our martyrs who killed by israel in1973 war "the 6 hours war" and we won it. we remember your souls the Suez Canal means a lot for The Egyptian Nation
Digging a straight canal doesn't require a genius engineer! As a matter of fact thousands of years ago Egyptians dug a canal between the red Sea and the Nile so it wasn't something new
Fascinating is the ascension of La République française over The Royal Empire (evil) in their historical "cold war" / rivalry. The advances in technology and prestige is/are astounding. Documentary please ????
Wee 'massive' error in narration... The first Suez Canal was built about 4000 years ago. It was called: the Canal of the Pharaohs, also called the Ancient Suez Canal or Necho's Canal. The Suez built over 100 years ago was Not the first.
A greatly different route, the Egyptians diverted one of the mouths of the Nile to the Red sea over a much shorter distance. One had to go up the Nile to get to the cutoff. It was last used around 767 AD.
@@mohamedebrahim4795 I would have read your response if it had been written in a language a CIVILIZED country used, like English. The script of the Koran is forever tainted by the lies contained therein.
While I like this documentary, I must say that these marvels are responsible for the natural destructions we have been witnessing since the past few decades.
😮😮If they constructed this Suez canal waterway Africa couldn't have suffer from Colonialism 😮😮For example those who settled in the Cape , South Africa 😮😮
علي فكرة لم يكن الفرنسيين اول من فكر في حفر قناة السويس بل المصريين القدماء انفسهم وتم تنفيزها في عصر سنوسرت وسميت قناة سيزوستريت فلهاذا ليس من المستبعد وجود اطلال مدن كاملة في هذة المنطقة مثل باقي المناطق في مصر وكانت تربط البحر الاحمر بالمتوسط مرورا بأحد فروع النيل وكذلك فكر في حفر القناة العديد من الحكام المصريين قبل الاحتلال الغربي لمصر وحتي قبل حفر القناة كان يوجد طريق لعبور البضائع بين البحرين عن طريق الجمال وبعدها الطرق وبعدها القطار
How about interviewing some working folks who actually are building. This is such a pet peeve . You always show the bosses who stand around and point then take glory for building things. 👷♂️ the workers are the ones who should receive the credit
@@tomgunn8004 okay and then who would build it ? Teamwork makes the dream work that's my point but they neglect to showcase the builders who are intrical to the completion of any project . I never said bosses weren't necessary. Where did you read that . I said they always focus on them and it would be nice for a change to hear from a workers perspective. Not a suit .
Did you know the first canal for connecting to Mediterranean sea to the red sea was made by the Persian king's order Darius the Great some 2500 years ago? It didnt go all the way through to the red sea but some transport had to be done over the dry land.
هههههههه هذا غير صحيح القناة ايام الاحتلال الفارسي كانت مجرد محاولة لحفر قناة حفرها اساسا الملك المصري سنوسرت واسمها كان سيزوستريت وكانت تربط البحرين عن طريق العبور في احد فروع نهر النيل عند الدلتا والقناة الفارسية كانت محاولة فكرية لاعادة حفر هذة القناة ولم يحدث اي سئ علي ارض الواقع 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😅🤣😅
