Bonaparte's Mission to Suez

Napoleon's expedition to suez was looking for the legendary canal of the pharaohs that had been attested to in numerous ancient sources. This legendary canal was abandoned after it was cut off from the nile by shifts in the course of the river. But after some methodical searching, the party actually found the remains of the canal of thepharaos. And they set to work studying its course. Unfortunately for bonaparte, he personally had to leave the mission in january 17 99, because messengers arrived bearing the news that the ottomans had finally been convinced to throw their whole weight against the french.