Egypt
- Travel: St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
Billings Gazette (Elizabeth McNamer) St. Catherine's Monastery is an Orthodox monastery on the Sinai peninsula at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. It is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. The Book of Exodus tells the story of the...
- 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...
- Travel: The Colonel's Caravan (gilf Kebir)
The National (John Zada) “Hit the gas hard and stay on my tracks,” our driver orders into the radio before stepping on the accelerator and catapulting us up a long and narrow wadi of red sand rising between two rocky plateaus. Tension grips the passengers...
- On The Trail Of Tourist Trash (3 Tons Of It) In The White Desert
Seattle Times (Andrew Stelzer) This article made me feel very cold. The White Desert is a remarkable place and I was only talking with a group of people the other day about the benefits or otherwise that tourism would have in terms of its total impact...
- Biblical Archaeology Review January/february 2007
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/bswbba3301f1.htmlThe latest issue of the BAR includes an article entitled Out of Egypt by James K. Hoffmeier: "Based on archaeological evidence, how likely is it that Israelites were enslaved in Egypt? And if they were...
Egypt
Travel: Sinai Desert - Nomadic wonder
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/travel/article2199084.ece
"Guided by Muzeina Bedouins, on camel and on foot, we trail the caravan route along which Moses reputedly led the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land 33 centuries ago. It's a white-sand wilderness, punctuated by narrow gorges, precipices and towering peaks. Crevices decorate the rock faces, imbued with an astonishing symmetry of colours - reds, yellows, purples - pigments of limestone, striped in a blazing trail. At nightfall we eat around the campfire and sleep out under the stars. This journey took the Israelites 40 years, but hosted by the Makhad and aided by four-wheel drives, we complete it in just two days."
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- Travel: St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
Billings Gazette (Elizabeth McNamer) St. Catherine's Monastery is an Orthodox monastery on the Sinai peninsula at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. It is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. The Book of Exodus tells the story of the...
- 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...
- Travel: The Colonel's Caravan (gilf Kebir)
The National (John Zada) “Hit the gas hard and stay on my tracks,” our driver orders into the radio before stepping on the accelerator and catapulting us up a long and narrow wadi of red sand rising between two rocky plateaus. Tension grips the passengers...
- On The Trail Of Tourist Trash (3 Tons Of It) In The White Desert
Seattle Times (Andrew Stelzer) This article made me feel very cold. The White Desert is a remarkable place and I was only talking with a group of people the other day about the benefits or otherwise that tourism would have in terms of its total impact...
- Biblical Archaeology Review January/february 2007
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/bswbba3301f1.htmlThe latest issue of the BAR includes an article entitled Out of Egypt by James K. Hoffmeier: "Based on archaeological evidence, how likely is it that Israelites were enslaved in Egypt? And if they were...