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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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[Donald Redford, University of Pennsylvania] Oh, yes, um, all over the eastern delta, and in the Sinai, and up in the Negev, and further north there were permanent Egyptian garrisons and garrison points. Checkpoints.
In fact, the Bedou were constantly under watch by the Egyptian paramilitary police along the borders.
[Narrator] A carving at the Karnak Temple attests to the existence of a sophisticated system of garrisons
that ensured the logistics of a route that followed the north coast of Sinai.
It was a strategic route for the Egyptians that led into Mesopotamia and Anatolia.
A fleeing multitude could not have taken it
without being spotted and stopped by one of its garrisons.
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