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Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | Egypt--Sinai |
| Description | Photograph taken from the summit of Gebel Muneiga, looking northwest and showing the mountain slopes of Gebel 'Arribeh, Gebel El Dier (Selib-Baraka) and Gebel Meraja to the right, the hill of Nabi Harun (hill of Jethro) and mountain mass of Gebel El Sana' in centre-right, the triangular summit of Gebel Umm Gelekh and the enclave of El A'gramiya area below the summit to their left, El Raha Plain and the vicinity of Naqb El Hawa in the centre, El Tih Plateau in central Sinai in the far horizon from a 75km distance, the pointed summits of Gebel Naa'ga and Gebel Fara'a mountain range in centre-left, the eastern slopes of Gebel Rubsha (El Ghabsheh) to their left, the mountain slopes of Gebel Armaziya and Gebel El Sefsafa to the left, the orchard and fortress of Saint Catherine Monastery in the central area of Wadi El Dier (Biblical Holy Valley), and the camel dirt-track of Siqqat Abbas Basha to the summit of Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai) and the pilgrimage caravan route to El Tur (Byzantine Raitho, on the Gulf of Suez) in the foreground. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Egypt--Sinai. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
