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Saint Catherine’s Monastery
The Orthodox Monastery of St Catherine stands at the foot of Mount Horeb where, the Old Testament records, Moses received the Tablets of the Law. The mountain is known and revered by Muslims as Jebel Musa.
The monastery contains a Basilica, Chapel, Charnel House, Well, Library, Gallery and Mosque which are surrounded by a granite wall measuring [...]