Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai (Hebrew: הר סיני Har Sinai; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny), also known as Jabal Musa (Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is possibly the place where Moses was given the Ten Commandments, according to the Torah, Bible, and Quran, .
 The summit of Mount Sinai | |
| Elevation | 2,285 m (7,497 ft) |
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| Location | |
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It is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft) high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula. The mountain is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in its mountain range. It is next to Mount Catherine which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in Egypt.[1]
Mount Sinai Media
Jebel Musa in the 1869 Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, shown north of Mount Catherine (Jebel Katarina) and south of Willow Peak (Ras es-Safsafeh)
Saint Catherine's Monastery, looking down from Mount Sinai
Mosque on Mount Sinai, prayed in myself
Author: Myself*Source: My camera*URL: None Fair use: It is my own image
This is a photo of a monument in Egypt identified by the ID
The last few meters of the climb up the mountain
Sunrise on Mt. Sinai in Egypt
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References
- ↑ Sinai GeologyAllSinai.info. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
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