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Romans and Barbarians:
Four Views from the Empire's Edge,
1st Century AD
by Derek Williams

At Empire's Edge:
Exploring Rome's Egyptian Frontier
by Robert B. Jackson

[T]he scenic Myos Hormos Road between the Red Sea and the Nile served as a vital artery through the Eastern Desert. Halfway along its path, in Wadi Hammamat, an astounding collection of graffiti and inscriptions attest to its commercial and political importance... These inscriptions, for example, reveal that Queen Hatshepsut's famous expedition to the land of Punt began along this route to the sea.

3 posted on 04/07/2010 7:44:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)

	Romans and Barbarians: Four Views from the Empire's Edge, 1st Century AD by Derek Williams
	At Empire's Edge: Exploring Rome's Egyptian Frontier by Robert B. Jackson
[T]he scenic Myos Hormos Road between the Red Sea and the Nile served as a vital artery through the Eastern Desert. Halfway along its path, in Wadi Hammamat, an astounding collection of graffiti and inscriptions attest to its commercial and political importance... These inscriptions, for example, reveal that Queen Hatshepsut's famous expedition to the land of Punt began along this route to the sea.