Mount Catherine

Mount Catherine (Arabic: جبل كاثرين), locally known as Gabal Katrîne, is the highest mountain in Egypt. It is located near the city of Saint Catherine in the South Sinai Governorate.

Mount Catherine rocks
Mount Catherine
Gabal Katrîne
Highest point
Elevation2,629 m (8,625 ft)[1]
Prominence2,404 m (7,887 ft)[1]
ListingCountry high point
Ultra
Coordinates28°30′42″N 33°57′09″E[1]
Geography
Mount Catherine
Location of Mount Catherine in Egypt
LocationSinai Peninsula, Egypt

The name is derived from the Christian tradition that angels transported to this mountain the body of the martyred Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

History

Archaeology

On the north of Mount Catherine, arcahaeologists uncovered a cave with paintings of people and animals in red pigment dates back to the Chalcolithic Period, circa 5th–4th millennium BCE in 2020, in January.  According to John Darnell, red painted images are not as common as engraved images and text. The painting resembling a camel shows that at least some of the graffiti is not older than the first millennium BC and may belong to later period. The cave was filled with graffiti from different periods over time.[2][3]

Nomad on Mount Catherine.
gollark: Please resend it or I'll have to retroactively reassemble the signal or something.
gollark: That's very old, I'll turn on the ApioNet transceiver array.
gollark: Oh, ApioNet.
gollark: I can't see them, and I have my antimeme dememeticizer turned on.
gollark: What channel?

See also

References

  1. "Africa Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Note: An elevation from an older survey (2,642 m) is sometimes given. A more recent survey measured the peak at 2,629 m. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  2. "Cave Covered in Ancient Egyptian Paintings of Donkeys and People Discovered by Accident".
  3. Topics, Head. "Cave covered in Ancient Egyptian paintings of donkeys and people discovered by accident". Head Topics. Retrieved 2020-06-28.


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