Ancient Sinai Rock Panel Reveals Egypt’s Early Empire Tied to Resource Control

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Source: Indian Defence Review
Ancient Sinai Rock Panel Reveals Egypt’s Early Empire Tied to Resource Control
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A 5,000-year-old rock panel in the Sinai Desert shows early Egypt projecting power beyond the Nile through violence, royal symbolism, and control of copper and turquoise resources, signaling an early form of imperial messaging carved into the landscape; an erased ruler’s name hints at political change as Egypt centralized resources and authority.

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