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1910s Turkish Fortifications at Nekhel, Sinai. [7] 1910s Turkish Fortifications at Salah El Din Castle, South Sinai. [7] 1960s and 1970s Egyptian Defensive fortifications built by Egyptian Armed forces during the Attrition war on the Western bank of Suez Canal and Bar Lev Line of fortifications on Eastern side of Suez Canal (by Israel ...
Fortifications within Ancient Egypt were built in times of conflict between rival principalities. [52] Out of all fortresses analyzed within this time frame, most (if ...
The Buhen horse holds significant archaeological importance, particularly noted in the works of Professor Emery in 1959 and 1960. [11] Currently housed at the Khartoum Museum and on loan to the Department of Egyptology at University College London, the horse's skeleton originates from excavations conducted at the Buhen fortress by the Egypt Exploration Society, under Emery's direction in 1958 ...
The forts to the east and west of the Semna Cataract are Semna East and West, respectively; Semna South is approximately one kilometer south of Semna West on the west bank of the Nile. [3] [4] The Semna gorge, at the southern edge of ancient Egypt, was the narrowest part of the Nile valley.
The fortifications of the historic city of Cairo, Egypt, include defensive walls and gates that were built, rebuilt, and expanded in different periods. The first set of walls were built during the foundation of Fatimid Cairo in the 10th century. These were rebuilt in the late 11th century on the orders of the Fatimid vizier Badr al-Jamali.
The Walls of the Ruler [1] [2] was a fortification, or possibly a whole string of them, built by Amenemhat I in the 14th nome of Lower Egypt to protect the eastern approaches to Egypt. [1] It succeeded the Old Kingdom Walls of Sneferu. [3] The Walls of the Ruler are mentioned in the Tale of Sinuhe [2] and in the Prophecy of Neferti. [4]
This is a list of fortifications past and present, a fortification being a major physical defensive structure often composed of a more or less wall-connected series of forts. Individual fortifications
Tjaru (Ancient Egyptian: ṯꜣrw) [3] was an ancient Egyptian fortress on the Way of Horus or Horus military road, the major road leading out of Egypt into Canaan.It was known in Greek as Selē (Ancient Greek: Σελη), in Latin as Sile or Sele, and in Coptic as Selē or Slē (Coptic: Ⲥⲉⲗⲏ or Ⲥⲗⲏ). [1]