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Mount Sinai (Bible)
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Mount Sinai is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to the Hebrew prophet Moses by God, according to the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. In the Book of Deuteronomy,
Camels and members of David Roberts' travelling party resting before the approach to Mount Sinai (1839). Painting featured as a coloured lithograph in
Camels and members of David Roberts' travelling party resting before the approach to Mount Sinai (1839). Painting featured as a coloured lithograph in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia (Vol. 3), Wellcome Collection, London.
Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt with Ras Sufsafeh, traditionally considered either Mount Sinai or Horeb, in the background.
Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt with Ras Sufsafeh, traditionally considered either Mount Sinai or Horeb, in the background.
A mosque built at the top of Jabal Musa, in the Sinai Peninsula.
A mosque built at the top of Jabal Musa, in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Siq, facing Petra's Treasury, at the foot of Jebel al-Madhbah
The Siq, facing Petra's Treasury, at the foot of Jebel al-Madhbah
Sinai Peninsula
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The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai, is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in West Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and
Mount Sinai (Bible)
…موسى), is another term that means "Mountain of Moses" The earliest references to Mount Sinai in Egypt, or Mount Sinai being located in the present-day Sinai Peninsula, are inconclusive. There is evidence that before 100 CE, well before the Christian monastic period, Jewish sages equated Jabal Musa with Mount Sinai…
Image from Gemini 11 spacecraft, featuring part of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula in the foreground and the Levant in the background
Image from Gemini 11 spacecraft, featuring part of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula in the foreground and the Levant in the background
Saint Catherine's Monastery is the oldest working Christian monastery in the world and the most popular tourist attraction on the peninsula.
Saint Catherine's Monastery is the oldest working Christian monastery in the world and the most popular tourist attraction on the peninsula.
The wilderness of Sinai, 1862
The wilderness of Sinai, 1862
Egypt-Israel border, looking north from the Eilat Mountains (2008)
Egypt-Israel border, looking north from the Eilat Mountains (2008)