A brief retrospective of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the planning and construction of the Suez Canal, and the resulting strategic, economic, and political consequences; by Zachary Karabell in The Egyptian Gazette, June 28, 2003.

Three photos, a dynamic map, and authoritative article (Introduction, Physical Description, and History) on the Canal -- with links to key names, placenames, and events; from Encarta.

Reprint from: All the Year Round, January 8, 1876; from Islamic History Sourcebook, Fordham University.

Brief description and key-dates history of the artificial waterway, with several links; from Encyclopaedia of the Orient.

Description and history of the Suez Canal; from Encyclopedia.com.

Report dated June 04, 2003, announces that the International Association for Civil Engineers has designated the Suez Canal as a landmark in the history of world civil engineering.

A brief history of the 1956 war, with a map and photograph.

A brief summary of the one-week war, with links to additional information.