Canal of the Pharaohs

Canal of the Pharaohs This canal runs from The Delta of the Stygian River east to Lake Trophimus and then south to the Gulf of Mafket where it connects to the Ruby Sea. Locks designed by Hyperborean engineers during the 15th Dynasty keep the seawater from contaminating the fresh waters of river and lake. However, the canal is still subject to silting and becomes impassable if long-term maintenance is neglected, as has happened several times over the centuries. Some large oceangoing vessels have too deep of a draft for the river and canal, and so transship cargoes at one end or the other. Pyrameses or Bastus are the usual choices at the Sea of Baal end; Dahra or Wadi Mafket in are the best options in the Gulf of Mafket.