| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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The Sinai Peninsula is a triangular desert that links Africa and Asia.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Sinai is mainly mountainous desert.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Most of the region is uninhabitable.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Colourful rock formations.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Isolated tree.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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The Sinai has been part of Egypt since 3100 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Sinai is important to Judaism, Christinaity and Islam.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Desert vegetation.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Two Beduin.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Beduin village at the foot of a mountain.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Most of the region is uninhabitable.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Springs give rise to oases.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Village set on an oases.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Sinai was called Mafkat (Country of Turquoise) by the ancient Egyptians.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Isolated settlement.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Dramatic landcsape.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Sand coloured landscape.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Rolling barren hills.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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600 thousand Beduin live in the Sinai, some in villages like this.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Beduin village made of brick.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Sinai is very picturesque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Arabian camels roam in the desert.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Arabian Camel in the desert.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Flat valley floor.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Isolated tree.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Beduin woman and child.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Small settlement.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Unusual rock formations.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Rolling barren hills.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Unusual rock formations.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Tree by sheer cliff face.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Side valley with trees.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Tree by cliffs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Wadi Peran is a typical desert oasis.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Oasis at Wadi Peran (1500m).
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Distant peaks.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Travel in the desert is often between oases.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Desert vegetation.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Dramatic landcsape.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Sinai has an area of over 60 thousand square km.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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In the 20th century Sinai was fought over by Israel and Egypt.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Layered rocks.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Colourful rocks.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Stark desert landscape.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Dramatic vista.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Sinai is very picturesque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Weathered rocks.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
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Road through the desert.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
Site / Event : St Katherine's Monastery
|
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The Greek Orthodox St Katherine's Monastery dates from the 4th Century.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
Site / Event : St Katherine's Monastery
|
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The monastery was built by Helena (mother of Constantine) at the foot of Mount Sinai.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
Site / Event : St Katherine's Monastery
|
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The 6th Century Byzantine wall. Entry used to be by rope to the wooden structures at the top.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
Site / Event : St Katherine's Monastery
|
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The bell tower.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
Site / Event : St Katherine's Monastery
|
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The monastery gardens.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
Site / Event : St Katherine's Monastery
|
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The dramatic setting of the monastery.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
Site / Event : St Katherine's Monastery
|
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The monastery is the oldest working Christian monastery in the world.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Mount Sinai (2285m).
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Mount Sinai is the Biblical site where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The trail to the top begins at the Shrine of the Burning Bush.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The mountain is dry and barren.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The summit (2285m) is topped by a small mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The trail to the summit.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The mountain is called Jebel Musa (Mount Moses) in Arabic.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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A small church along the summit trail.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The summit trail passes through an arch.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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A pilgrim shelter.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Religious graffitti: The word Allah (Islam) over a Crucifix (Christianity).
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Spectacular scenery.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Mount Sinai is isolated from the rest of Egypt.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Parched scenery.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The trail to the summit near the top.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The trail to the summit.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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View of the Shrine of the Burning Bush.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The mountain becomes very hot in the daytime.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Spectacular rock formations.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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The summit has a small mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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View from the summit.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Views from the top of Mount Sinai.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Dramatic view from the summit.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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View from the top.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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View to the South.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Steep rocks viewed from the summit at 2285m.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
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Clouds over the summit.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.