What is the cause of red lumps on the back, neck and chest and when squeezed lots of blood appears. The bleeding more What is the cause of red lumps on the back, neck and chest and when squeezed lots of blood appears. The bleeding would last for approx 20-30minutes.
Although the Suez Canal wasn't officially completed until 1869, there is a long history of interest in connecting both the Nile River in Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
To the west of the canal is the low-lying delta of the Nile River, and to the east is the higher, rugged, and arid Sinai Peninsula. Prior to construction of the canal (completed in 1869), the only important settlement was Suez, which in 1859 had 3,000 to 4,000 inhabitants.