Step 1: Locate the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt.
Step 2: Identify the bodies of water it connects. The canal runs north-south across the Isthmus of Suez, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the north with the Red Sea (specifically, the Gulf of Suez) to the south. This provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands around the Indian and western Pacific oceans.