Saint Catherine
Deep in the Sinai Peninsula, at 1,600 meters elevation. The monastery has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century. The mountain behind it is climbed before dawn by thousands every year.
Mountain and Monastery
Saint Catherine sits in a high granite valley in the Sinai Peninsula, surrounded by peaks that reach 2,600 meters. The monastery at its base was built by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century and has been continuously occupied since. It holds one of the oldest libraries of Christian manuscripts in existence and contains what is believed to be the original Burning Bush. Mount Sinai rises directly behind it. The climb begins around 2 to 3 AM and reaches the summit in time for sunrise. The elevation and the silence are unlike anything in the rest of Egypt.
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