SCIENCE BRIEFING
From Times Staff And Wire Reports
A military garrison of mud-brick and seashells unearthed in Egypt’s Sinai desert may be key to finding a web of Pharaonic-era defenses at the northeast gateway to ancient Egypt, archaeologists said Thursday.
Inscriptions at Luxor’s Karnak temple may serve as a guide to finding other outposts. But knowing the location of the garrison at the ancient city of Tharu, in a formerly fertile area of Egypt where a branch of the Nile river once met the Mediterranean Sea, is key to understanding where to begin the search.
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