Why did this Greek canal take 2,500 years to build?

People complain aboutconstruction delays, but even the most sluggish modern transit project has nothing on Greece’s Corinth Canal, which didn’t open until 2,500 years after it ...
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Greece's Most Underrated Site Is a 2,500-year-old Monument Most Tourists Don't See — but This Cruise Line Takes You There

Aerial view of a boat while passing through the Corinth Canal in Greece ...
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The incredible 'mini Suez Canal' in Europe that took 2,500 years to build

The Corinth Canal is an impressive artificial canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth ...