Looking N.E. from the rigid slopes of Mt. Subal [i.e., Serbal]. The Wilderness of Sin is 3000 ft. below

Photograph shows men, one armed with weapon, on rocky outcroppings looking out at the valley below.
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Photograph taken from the western half (?) of the crown-shape summit of Gebel Serbal (El Madhawwa), looking northeast and showing section of the summit to the left, the upstream tributary (El Loza spring) of Wadi A'liyat and its mainstream from the centre to the left, and the eastern vicinity of Feiran Oasis above their junction to the left from a 5km distance (?). (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Wadi El Sheikh and Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim of Amalek) were the upland section of Darb El Batraa in Sinai Peninsula (Way of Petra or Exodus Traditional Route). Gebel Serbal towers Feiran Oasis to the south. The oasis was also known as Palm Grove of B'aal and thought to be the true location of Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai) in 3rd century CE. Both wadis had been the way to Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai) and Saint Catherine Monastery for pilgrims, travellers and scholars since 4th century CE. Byzantine monastic sites are scattered on the southern slopes of Gebel Serbal at Hajar El Lombarda (Erkym), Shenenir, Umm Ba'atran, Sigilliya and El Karm vicinity (5th-10th centuries CE). Sawalha (14th century CE), Qrarsha (16th century CE) and other tribes inhabit Feiran Oasis. The dirt-road to Saint Catherine Monastery via Wadi Feiran and Wadi El Sheikh was constructed in 1920s CE. Motor vehicles started replacing camels in Sinai Peninsula in the 1920s and 1930s CE. Though camels were still widely used through mid 20th century CE and until 1967-1982 CE, especially in remote areas until nowadays. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)

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