More Photographs
Above, a modern military watchtower on the Sinai coast observes
the Strait of Tiran. Two U.S. soldiers man the tower. Across
the Strait of Tiran, Tiran Island's mountain juts out of the water.
Above, U.S. soldiers on Tiran Island play in the strong north wind.
This photo was taken on the ridgeline west of Tiran Island's mountain.
The soldiers are facing north, toward the Gulf of Aqaba.
Above is the hill that is probably Migdol. Behind the hill
and to the left, the Strait of Tiran and Tiran Island's mountain are visible.
Above is Tiran Island's mountain as seen from the summit of the
hill that is probably Migdol. A stick marks the summit. The
buildings near shore are part of the Sharm al Sheikh airport, which was
built on the site where the ancient Israelites camped before crossing the
Red Sea.
Above is a view from the summit of the hill that is probably Migdol,
looking along the Sinai coast to the southwest. This hilltop not
only guards the Strait of Tiran, but also three military land avenues of
approach. This is one of them. The stick at the summit is shorter
in this picture than the stick in the earlier picture of this summit because
this photograph was taken six months after the other photograph.
The previous stick had been replaced.
Above is a view from the summit of the hill that is probably Migdol,
looking along the Sinai coast to the north. This is another military
land avenue of approach that this hilltop overwatches.
Above is a view from the summit of the hill that is probably Migdol,
looking inland into the Sinai peninsula, to the northwest. This hilltop
also guards this military land avenue of approach.
Above is a section of a modern military communications line that
stretches from the bottom to the top of the hill that is probably Migdol.
Modern armies use this type of line to connect field telephones.
Above is the scar of a manmade trail at the southeast base of the
hill that is probably Migdol. The ancient Egyptian army may have
used this trail to supply and relieve guards on the hilltop. Rainfall
is so scarce in the Sinai that no streams flow from the Sinai into the
Red Sea. Since there is so little rainfall, there is little water
erosion. Thus, this trail may have existed at the time of the Exodus.
Above, the same manmade trail scars a knoll (as seen from above)
on the southeast base of the hill that is probably Migdol. This trail
ascends the larger hill, where the photographer was standing when he took
this photograph.
Above, the same trail ascends the southeast face (up and to the
right) of the hill that is probably Migdol.
