In Dubai, they were put aboard another flight, to London, and guarded en route.
Warriors dressed as eagles guarded the route to an imperious, stepped pyramid.
Dirleton, which guarded the route between Edinburgh and the English border, changed hands several times through the invasions of the English under King Edward I.
The ruins were of a famed oasis city that guarded the routes through the desert to the Mediterranean - in antiquity as now.
(AP) COLOMBIA: WORK STOPPAGE -- Troops guarded key routes into the capital and demonstrators battled riot police in four provincial cities as 700,000 state workers staged a 24-hour strike against government austerity measures.
A road along the Sinai's northern coast served as the principal trade route between Egypt and Palestine for many centuries, and it is likely that Egypt erected a chain of fortresses to guard this route.
It also claimed responsibility for destroying a checkpoint guarding the route to Mali.More misery awaits.
Back in walking mode, the camino passes the ruins of Castrotorafe, a once huge fortress of the Order of Santiago, guarding the route to Portugal.
In a significant scaling down of their security presence, the police no longer wear riot gear while guarding the route to the school.
Hotel Grimselblick Grimselpass, Switzerland The oldest Alpine passes invariably come with an ancient stone-built hotel at the top, guarding the route and providing sometimes life-saving shelter.
Arundel occupies the hillslope between the river and Arundel Castle, which was built soon after the Norman Conquest (1066) to guard the route through the Arun valley and along the coast.
