The Sinai frontier of Egypt. From Seti I 'map' to the satellite photography

Abstract

Geographic information represented in the Seti I´s Karnak military relief is compared with the gemorphology of northern Sinai, in order to elucidate the New Kingdom iconographic practices and to discuss the recurrent homologation in the bibliography of the archaeological settlements located in the area, with the fortresses mentioned in those monuments. For that purpose, were analyzed the epigraphic records and the geomorphologic unities from satellite images, that masiglos despuès delde possible: to precise the meaning fo the scenes; to establish accurately which were the available terrains during the New Kingdom in that highly dynamic environment; and to discuss the role of the frontier settlements.