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Owen Jarus

3,500-year-old 'rest house' used by ancient Egyptian army discovered in Sinai desert

Photographs of a the remains of a 3,500-year-old rest house, marked by rectangular holes in the ground. Archaeologists excavate the site.

Egyptologists have discovered the remains of a "rest house" in the northern Sinai desert. The structure may have temporarily housed ancient Egyptian forces, and possibly even royalty, during the reign of Thutmose III, or from about 1479 to 1425 B.C. 

Ancient Egyptian rulers often launched military campaigns into the eastern Mediterranean, and one route Egyptian troops frequently took to reach the region was through the Sinai desert. 

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