On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal was completed. On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal communicated the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea after more than a decade of hard work and finally completed the construction. In order to build this canal, the Egyptian people paid the cost of 120,000 lives. The entire length of the canal was 172.5 kilometers, width 180-200 meters, depth 12-15 meters, and the passage of the canal shortened the distance from Europe to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean by 9,000 kilometers.