BASATA CAMP, Egypt — The only stars at this desert resort are the ones above your head.There are no phones at this collection of bamboo huts nestled beside a sapphire cove in the Sinai desert.

More than 3,000 years ago, a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of Ancient Egypt’s Ramses II — the most powerful pharaoh ...

More than 3,000 years ago, a long sword emblazoned with the insignia of Ancient Egypt’s Ramses II — the most powerful pharaoh of the era — was set down in a mud hut somewhere in the Nile Delta.