Mount Sinai

For a Jew or a Christian, no visit to Egypt would be complete without a journey into the desert of Sinai to the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from the hands of God Himself. While there is some uncertainty as to the exact location of the biblical Mount Sinai, the most likely candidates lie in central Sinai, in the range of mountains that includes Jebel Musa and Ras-Safsaf. Kimberly and Jon got up at 1:30 in the morning to begin the climb at 2 AM. "Harrassed" by dozens of camel drivers, who assumed they would never make it, they took three grueling hours to climb to the top, where several hundreds people awaited the sunrise. After returning to the base, Jon was delighted to visit the manuscript library at the monastery and make friends
with a New Testament scholar there.

	Mount Sinai
Main Page Luxor West Luxor East Nile Cruise Abu Simbel Giza Pyramids Mount Sinai Aswan Family and Friends	The lovely Sino-Plaza Hotel in the shadow of Ras-Safsaf, the western end of the Sinai Ridge-- pool in foreground, restaurant at left	Ras-Safsaf accompanied by a full moon
	The "alpenglow" on Mount Sinai, lit up by the rays of the setting sun
	For a Jew or a Christian, no visit to Egypt would be complete without a journey into the desert of Sinai to the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from the hands of God Himself. While there is some uncertainty as to the exact location of the biblical Mount Sinai, the most likely candidates lie in central Sinai, in the range of mountains that includes Jebel Musa and Ras-Safsaf. Kimberly and Jon got up at 1:30 in the morning to begin the climb at 2 AM. "Harrassed" by dozens of camel drivers, who assumed they would never make it, they took three grueling hours to climb to the top, where several hundreds people awaited the sunrise. After returning to the base, Jon was delighted to visit the manuscript library at the monastery and make friends with a New Testament scholar there.	First glimmer of sun on Mount Sinai
Back to Top	The disk of the sun breaks above the clouds!	The famous Monastery of St. Catherine at the base of Mount Sinai, location of many important biblical manuscripts