If you’ve ever wondered how the pharaohs of ancient Egypt held back invasions and protected their land, here’s a tale that delivers. Near the dusty flank of the eastern Nile Delta, a Polish-Slovak team at Tell el‑Retaba revealed a massive fortress built under Ramesses II—and it speaks volumes about how Egypt guarded the entrance to the Sinai.
These are some of the most bizarre, amusing, and ineffective defenses to ever grace a courtroom…and against all odds, some of them actually worked.
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