An Egyptian military commander urges his men to persevere on their march through the desert beyond their riverside homeland. But if you had to hike through an arid landscape while withstanding temperatures in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, you’d feel exhausted and thirsty too. So can you blame these soldiers for their weathered morale?
On the rocks in this scene, you can see some petroglyphs dating to Egypt’s predynastic period (which ended around 3100 BC), back when the country was still a grassy savanna like you might find in more southerly areas of Africa today.