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The barracks were designed as a series of mudbrick rooms. (Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
These Ancient Egyptian Barracks Paint a Vivid Picture of Military Life During the Reign of Ramses II
Archaeologists unearthed a series of mudbrick rooms filled with religious tributes, soldiers' personal effects, engraved weaponry and animal bones
Sonja Anderson
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