Saudi Arabia A Spy Guide Book

This is a very scholarly work, full of survey data, supplies costs, and etymological analysis of place names. Burton seeks out evidence for an auriferous Midian on the Saudi Arabian coast of Gulf of Aqaba. From the shore there of the Tabuk region, Burton looks back into antiquity and sees the gold mine of Solomon's Bathsheba and the Red Sea that swallowed Pharaoh's hordes. There is much in the way of making real Bible history here with much of the detail and footnotes and occasional glimpses into the meetings and human moments of the journey from Egypt.