At some point during his Syrian campaign, Necho II initiated but never completed the ambitious project of cutting a navigable canal from the Pelusiac branch of the Nile to the Red Sea.
Pada suatu saat selama perang di Suriah, Nekho II memulai tetapi tidak dapat menyelesaikan proyek pembuatan kanal dari cabang sungai Nil di Pelusium ke Laut Merah.