Egypt
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- Travel: The Sinai Stones
Al Ahram Weekly (Amira El-Naqeeb) I've met many mountains and many deserts, yet the South Sinai Mountains -- especially at Saint Catherine -- have a unique power of channelling spirituality. The hike was a tailor-made trek to explore the area of Wadi...
- Yale Professor Illuminates The Importance Of Icons
Art Daily This is basically an advert for a forthcoming lecture by Dr. Robert S. Nelson entitled The Light of Icons at St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, to be held at the Cleveland Museum of Art. As lectures are so specific to a single place...
- Ancient Sinai Art Draws The Faithful To The Getty
http://tinyurl.com/y4fnst (latimes.com)For some people, the exhibition of St Catherine's Monastery icons at the Getty is far more than an exhibition of art: "More than 60 religious groups, including some from Fresno, Texas and Minnesota, are scheduled...
- Exhibition: Icons From Sinai
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18167 Another review of the Holy Image, Hallowed Ground exhibition, which opened at the Getty yesterday, accompanied by a photograph of the lovely 6th century icon of Saint Peter the...
- Exhibition: More Re Sinai At The Getty
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/20/news/raacat.php"Mount Sinai in Egypt is perhaps best known as the site where Moses encountered the burning bush and received the Ten Commandments. But also in this desolate desert landscape, Justinian, the Byzantine...
Egypt
Exhibition: Coptic icons from Sinai
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A reminder that Coptic exhibits from Sinai's St Catherine's Monastery are currently touring the U.S.: "Saint Catherine Coptic artifacts to be displayed in USPrime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved holding two exhibitions in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, the United States, to display Coptic artifacts of Saint Catherine Monastery. Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said the first exhibition, which will be held in Los Angeles under the title "Icons from Sinai...Sacred Pictures from the Holy Land," will run from October 1 to March 4. He said the second fair, which will be held in Washington, D.C., under the same title, will run from November 1 to April 4."
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- Travel: The Sinai Stones
Al Ahram Weekly (Amira El-Naqeeb) I've met many mountains and many deserts, yet the South Sinai Mountains -- especially at Saint Catherine -- have a unique power of channelling spirituality. The hike was a tailor-made trek to explore the area of Wadi...
- Yale Professor Illuminates The Importance Of Icons
Art Daily This is basically an advert for a forthcoming lecture by Dr. Robert S. Nelson entitled The Light of Icons at St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, to be held at the Cleveland Museum of Art. As lectures are so specific to a single place...
- Ancient Sinai Art Draws The Faithful To The Getty
http://tinyurl.com/y4fnst (latimes.com)For some people, the exhibition of St Catherine's Monastery icons at the Getty is far more than an exhibition of art: "More than 60 religious groups, including some from Fresno, Texas and Minnesota, are scheduled...
- Exhibition: Icons From Sinai
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18167 Another review of the Holy Image, Hallowed Ground exhibition, which opened at the Getty yesterday, accompanied by a photograph of the lovely 6th century icon of Saint Peter the...
- Exhibition: More Re Sinai At The Getty
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/20/news/raacat.php"Mount Sinai in Egypt is perhaps best known as the site where Moses encountered the burning bush and received the Ten Commandments. But also in this desolate desert landscape, Justinian, the Byzantine...