Show E egyptians I 1 t y pl fians mians construct all W eathor highway y across biblical sinai across the desolate sand dunes of 0 sinai historic peninsula which links the continents of africa and As asia ia at the head of the red sea egyptian authorities are building a new road this road is planned as a strategic route over which to move troops between palestine and egypt without the usual handicap of weather delays beginning at Is mailia on the suez canal and reaching across the wide northern stretch of 0 cone shaped sinai nai the new road is expected to be less susceptible to sudden washouts wa shouts the terror of construction in these parts than is the present route to the south which now runs from suez to the palestine border not far away is one of the worlds most famous paths the ancient and much traveled biblical route between egypt and palestine along this way came two josephs of the bible one sold into egypt by his brothers the other husband of mary 4 0 o the south along the pathway c ci 11 the children of israel lies mount sinai where moses received the ten commandments today although airplanes fly over the peninsula and trains whistle along its northern coast life as a whole in sinai seems little changed from the time when the israelites celites first saw st it |