Megalithic Portal: Latest from Sinai, Egypt

Wadi Maghareh

durhamnature — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:47:32 GMT

]]>A valley in Sinai. Its main attraction in ancient times was its turquoise mines. There are a number of monuments and steles, and some settlement remains.

Zaranich Ras Al Zalaka rock painting

AnnetFransen — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:52:39 GMT

]]>A beautiful rock painting in a rock shelter in central south Sinai, Egypt. This kind of art is rare in Sinai, the only other place with rock painting is in wadi Tweyba near the Taba border.

Qalat Al-Guindi

ilsignorstano — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:12:53 GMT

]]>Fortress built in 1187 by Saladin in Southern Sinai. The main purpose was to guard the routes of pilgrimage from Northern Africa to Mecca. It was also used as a caravanserai.

Gebel Khashm el Tarif

motist — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:06:42 GMT

]]>The location of the biblical Mount Sinai? Dr Uzi Avner has investigated the site and the dates don't line up.. Hashem el-Tarif is a mountain located in northeast Egyptian, Sinai, close to the border of modern Israel. Dr. Uzi Avner writes: Jebel Hashem al Taref is situated in eastern Sinai (Egypt), 30 km west of Eilat, just south of the ancient pilgrim road of Darb alHajj (now an asphalt road). A survey and excavation by myself in 1982 documented here several ancient elements:

Aqrat Safna nabatean village in Sinai

motist — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:32:34 GMT

Ancient Settlement in Sinai. Not far from the Ecolodge, on the way to wadi Feran via wadi Sahab, stand the ruins of a Nabatean village, dating from the 3rd-4th century AD. There are approximately 10 houses, store rooms and graves.

Kadesh-Barnea

davidmorgan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:37:58 GMT

Ancient Settlement in Sinai

Pelusium

motist — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:48:40 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Lower Egypt (North)Pelusium was a city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of the modern Port Said.

Kuntillet Ajrud

motist — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:21:05 GMT

Ancient village or settlement in Lower Egypt (North)

Mount Umm Shomar Predator Trap

motist — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:19:26 GMT

]]>Predator Trap in Sinai

Wadi Tweiba

Motist — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:09:06 GMT

]]>Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Sinai

Hdhabat Chajaj Nawamis

Motist — Mon, 29 May 2006 16:06:38 GMT

]]>Coordinates converted from old Israel datum: 088750E, 808520N.. Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in the Sinai

Al trefiya Nawamis

Motist — Mon, 29 May 2006 16:02:47 GMT

]]>Portal Tomb in Egypt, SinaiIn central south Sinai there old tombs from the 5th millennium BCE. The Beduin call them NAWAMIS (plu.) and Namus (sing.) by. The facing West door is built from local sandstone.According to prof. O. Bar-Yosef pre-dinastic people belived that the soul departed westward to the under world.All the tombs in the main part of Egypt are on the western of the Nile.

Moiat Dhaba'iya Masseboth

Motist — Mon, 29 May 2006 15:53:36 GMT

]]>Coordinates converted from old Israel datum: 64900E, 797820N.. Standing Stones in Sinai