A stele of pink granite was discovered in 1866, by Charles de Lesseps, near Kabret, 130 kilometers from Suez in Egypt belonging to Darius the Great, king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486. In a vascular plant, the stele is the central part of the root or stem containing the vascular tissue. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Suez is a port town (population ca. ... Seal of Darius I, showing the king hunting on his chariot, and the symbol of Ahuramazda Darius the Great (Pers. ... Persian art is conscious of a great past, and monumental in many respects. ...

The monument, also known as the Chalouf stele, testified the construction of the forerunner of the Suez Canal by the Persians. 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic, Qanā al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163-km (118-mile) maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (Būr Saīd) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ...

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Part of the inscriptions text:

• In Old Persian:

xâmanišiya thâtiy Dârayavauš XŠ adam Pârsa amiy hacâ Pâ rsâ Mudrâyam agarbâyam adam niyaštâyam imâm yauviyâ m katanaiy hacâ Pirâva nâma rauta tya Mudrâyaiy danuvatiy ab iy draya tya hacâ Pârsâ aitiy pasâva iyam yauviyâ akaniya avathâ yathâ adam niyaštâyam utâ nâva âyatâ hacâ Mudrâ yâ tara imâm yauviyâm abiy Pârsam avathâ yathâ mâm kâma âha Sketch of the first column of the Behistun Inscription Old Persian is the oldest attested Persid language. ...

• English translation:

"King Darius says: I am a Persian; setting out from Persia I conquered Egypt. I ordered to dig this canal from the river that is called Nile and flows in Egypt, to the sea that begins in Persia. Therefore, when this canal had been dug as I had ordered, ships went from Egypt through this canal to Persia, as I had intended."