Darius I is probably best known for his efforts to truly understand the internal affairs and administration of Egypt. He executed Satrap (Aryandes) for overstepping his office, built a temple at Khargah Oasis and repaired other temples as far apart as Busiris in the Delta and at el-Kab just north of Aswan. Darius I also completed the canal begun by Necho II in 490 B.C.E., which started in the eastern Delta at Pelusium and ended in the Red Sea (In 490, Necho II had been defeated by the Greeks at the battle of Marathon.). Darius I's attentions eventually went from bureaucracy to other things and in 486 B.C.E. the Egyptians took the opportunity to revolt. Darius, unable to suppress the uprisings, died and was buried in a great rock-carved tomb in the Cliffs of Persepolis.
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