. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ts, and themanner in which Sinùhît concealed his advance from the watch ; he lay hidden in the neighbouringbrushwood during the day, and resumed his march only at midnight. 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the vignette by E. H. Palmer, The Desert of the Exodus, p. 317. 3 The members of the English Commission do not hesitate to attribute the construction of theso THE PENINSULA OF SINAI. 353 also their herds could find a refuge—circular or oval enclosures, surroundedby low walls of massive rough stones crowned by a thick rampart made ofbranches of a
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ts, and themanner in which Sinùhît concealed his advance from the watch ; he lay hidden in the neighbouringbrushwood during the day, and resumed his march only at midnight. 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the vignette by E. H. Palmer, The Desert of the Exodus, p. 317. 3 The members of the English Commission do not hesitate to attribute the construction of theso THE PENINSULA OF SINAI. 353 also their herds could find a refuge—circular or oval enclosures, surroundedby low walls of massive rough stones crowned by a thick rampart made ofbranches of acacia interlaced with thorny bushes, the tents or huts being rangedbehind, while in the centre was an empty space for the These primitivefortresses were strong enough to overawe nomads ; regular troops made shortwork of them. The Egyptians took them by assault, overturned them, cutdown the fruit trees, burned the crops, and retreated in security, after havingdestroyed everything in their march. Each of their campaigns, which hardly. VIEW OF THIS OASIS OF WADY FEÎliÂN IN* THE PENINSULA OF SINAI. lasted more than a few days, secured the tranquillity of the frontier for To the south of Gebel et-Tîh, and cut off from it almost completely by amoat of wadys, a triangular group of mountains known as Sinai thrusts a wedge-shaped spur into the Ked Sea, forcing back its waters to the right and left intotwo narrow gulfs, that of Akabah and that of Suez. Gebel Katherin standsup from the centre and overlooks the whole peninsula. A sinuous chaindetaches itself from it and ends at Gebel Serbâl, at some distance to the north-west ; another trends to the south, and after attaining in Gebel Umm-Shomeran elevation equal to that of Gebel Katherin, gradually diminishes in height, towers to the remotest antiquity (E. H. Palmeh, The Desert of the Exodus, p. 309, et seq., 31G,et seq.; Account of the Survey, pp. 66, 194, 195, and pl. ix. 1): the Bedouin call them namus,plur
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