- The Sinai Peninsular is a Desert Region located in Egypt. It forms a triangle between the Mediterranean to the north, the Red Sea to the west and the Gulf of Aqaba to the east.
- It was part of the Roman Province of Arabia Petraea, which included modern Jordan and southern Israel.
Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai is located in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsular.
- It is possibly the Mount Sinai of The Bible, mentioned in Exodus, where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
St. Catherine's Monastery
- St. Catherine’s Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox Monastery located at the base of the Biblical Mount Sinai in Egypt. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- It was built between 548-565 CE by Justinian I (527-565 CE) and is a sacred Landmark in Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
Copper and Turquoise Mines
- Located in the Western Sinai, Wadi Meghara held Copper and Turquoise Mines, while the Copper was smelted in Wadi Nas’b, which holds an estimated 100,000 tons of Copper Slag.
- At Serabit el Khadim there are Turquoise Mines as well as the Temple of Hathor.
- Copper was mined in Sinai since the Pharaoh Khufu (2,589-2,566 BCE).
- 100,000 tons of Slag would have produced approximately 5,500 tons of Copper,
Wadi Meghara, Sinai Peninsular