• A tourist poses for a photo on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
    A tourist poses for a photo on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
  • Tourists gather outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
    Tourists gather outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
  • Tourists gather outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
    Tourists gather outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
  • A Greek monk stands inside a church at Saint Catherine's monastery in Sacred Valley, South Sinai. EPA
    A Greek monk stands inside a church at Saint Catherine's monastery in Sacred Valley, South Sinai. EPA
  • A Bedouin watches the sun rise outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
    A Bedouin watches the sun rise outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
  • Greek monks stand inside a church at Saint Catherine's monastery in Sacred Valley, South Sinai. EPA
    Greek monks stand inside a church at Saint Catherine's monastery in Sacred Valley, South Sinai. EPA
  • A view of the monastery of St. Catherine in Sacred Valley, South Sinai. EPA
    A view of the monastery of St. Catherine in Sacred Valley, South Sinai. EPA
  • Tourists make their way down towards the monastery of Saint Catherine, after watching the sunrise on top of Mount Sinai. EPA
    Tourists make their way down towards the monastery of Saint Catherine, after watching the sunrise on top of Mount Sinai. EPA
  • A tourist watches the sun rise outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
    A tourist watches the sun rise outside a church on the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
  • Bedouin people play music during wedding in Saint Catherine, South Sinai. EPA
    Bedouin people play music during wedding in Saint Catherine, South Sinai. EPA
  • A Bedouin rides a camel to the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
    A Bedouin rides a camel to the top of Mount Sinai. EPA
  • A view of the exterior of the 6th-century Greek Orthodox Christian monastery of Saint Catherine, near the Egyptian town of the same name in the Sinai peninsula. AFP
    A view of the exterior of the 6th-century Greek Orthodox Christian monastery of Saint Catherine, near the Egyptian town of the same name in the Sinai peninsula. AFP
  • Tourists stand to watch the sunrise after scaling Mount Catherine, above the 6th-century Greek Orthodox Christian monastery of Saint Catherine, near the Egyptian town of the same name in the Sinai peninsula AFP
    Tourists stand to watch the sunrise after scaling Mount Catherine, above the 6th-century Greek Orthodox Christian monastery of Saint Catherine, near the Egyptian town of the same name in the Sinai peninsula AFP
  • Camels belonging to Sinai bedouins waiting along the footpath leading down from atop Mount Catherine, above the 6th-century Greek Orthodox Christian monastery of Saint Catherine and near the Egyptian town of the same name in the Sinai peninsula. AFP
    Camels belonging to Sinai bedouins waiting along the footpath leading down from atop Mount Catherine, above the 6th-century Greek Orthodox Christian monastery of Saint Catherine and near the Egyptian town of the same name in the Sinai peninsula. AFP

Egypt tourists in high spirits

Visitors climb the 2,285 metre-high Mount Sinai, where, according to Christian tradition, the prophet Moses received the Ten Commandments

The National

October 20, 2018

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