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89: Lords of the Desert

89: Lords of the Desert

Interlude: Nebi and the Guardians of the Sinai

The History of Egypt Podcast

January 8, 201829m 25s

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Interlude: Nebi and the Guardians of the Sinai.


Around 1414 BCE, a man and his comrades were marching into the unrelenting heat of the Sinai Peninsula. We follow Nebi of Tjaru and his men, as they undertake the grueling work of protecting Egypt's frontiers...


Select Bibliography:

  • Gun Björkman, “Neby the Mayor of Tjaru,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 1974.
  • Betsy M. Bryan, The Reign of Thutmose IV, 1991.
  • Andrea M. Gnirs, “Coping with the Army: the Military and the State in the New Kingdom,” in Ancient Egyptian Administration, 2013.

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