5. 苏伊士运河公司

    费迪南•德•雷赛布的公司业务是挖掘现代运河，苏伊士运河就是由埃及劳工在1869年建成。不过，这并不是什么原创；早在基督时代以前，法老就在做着相同的工作。难怪这条102英里长（如今的深度约为78英尺）的运河能成为连接东西方的最短路线。—Tim Smith

    5. Suez Canal Co.

    Fernand de Lesseps’s company dug the modern canal, completed in 1869, using forced Egyptian labor. It wasn’t an original idea; Pharaohs had been doing the same thing in the same place in pre-Christian times. No wonder: The canal, at 102 miles long (and about 78 feet deep today) is the shortest route between the East and the West. —Tim Smith