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DESERT DWELLER. This 12th-century B.C.E. depiction of a Shasu prisoner on a floor tile comes from the palace of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu in Egypt. “Shasu” was the Egyptian name for the nomadic pastoralists who lived east of the Sinai. Here, the prisoner is bearded and wearing a distinctive headdress and colorful robe and tunic.