International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years ago, crossing or inhabiting the North African desert regions has meant being able to locate, maintain and protect watering points that are essential nodes in the exchange networks. These challenges are particularly important in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, which separates the Nile Valley from the Red Sea, because there are no perennial oases, nomadic populations have long escaped the control of successive states, and routes are constrained by topography. The region has nevertheless maintained a strategic importance, at least since the predynastic period and up to the present day, for its natural resources (particularly mineral and mining resou...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...
International audienceSince the last great period of aridification of the Sahara about 5,000 years a...