Posts Tagged ‘Sinai’

The archaeological site of Serabit el-Khadem is on the Sinai peninsula, on a small plateau north of the modern town of al-Tor. The site is famous for its enormous turquoise mines, exploited by the Egyptians during the Old Kingdom for use in sculpting scarabs and in powdered form as paint and faience enamel.
Serabit el-Khadem is [...]

On the east coast of Sinai on the Gulf of Aqaba , Ras Abu Galoum is well known and famous for most divers, as “coral garden” site there, suppose to be good attraction site for diving and snorkeling.
The whole area was announced a protectorate due to its unique topography where mountains are so close to [...]

Sharm el-Sheikh is on a promontory overlooking the Straits of Tiran    at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. Its strategic importance led to its transformation from a fishing village into a major port and naval base   for the Egyptian Navy. It was captured by Israel during the Sinai conflict of 1956 and restored to [...]

South Sinai governorate is located in the southern part of the peninsula pf Sinai between the Suez and El-Akabaa bays to take the triangle shape where its base is in the north. It is extended to Taba from the east on El-akabaa bay till the north of Rass Sidre West on the Suez bay. The [...]

History
The Sinai was inhabited by the Monitu and was called Mafkat or Country of Turquoise. From the time of the First dynasty or [...]