Mount Serbal

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Mount Serbal is a mountain located in southern Sinai. At 2070 metres (6750 feet) high, it is the fifth highest mountain in Egypt.^[1][2] It is part of the St. Catherine National Park. It is thought by some to be the Biblical Mount Sinai.

There were many granite dwellings on Mount Serbal which were inhabited by anchorites in early Christian times, and there are traces of a fourth-century monastery close to its base.^[1] It is likely that the many inscriptions (some in Greek) found on rocks at the foot of Mount Serbal and the path up to its peak date from these times. One spot on the path is called Mokatteb, or the valley of writing.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Sinai. New Advent, The Catholic Encyclopedia.
2. ^ St. Catherine Protected Area. Tour Egypt.
3. ^ Rappoport, S.. History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] Further reading

• Ned H. Greenwood (1997-06-01). The Sinai: A Physical Geography. University of Texas Press, 12,39–43. ISBN 0292727992.