Sinai Peninsular

  • 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 ChristianityIslam 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

 

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