Joachim the father of Maryam• It is a 2,285-metre 7,497 ft , moderately high mountain near the city of in the region known today as the | 5 hours on foot, though can be used |
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For example, it lies next to , which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in | External links [ ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to |
It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in the mountain range of which it is a part.
23The volcanic rocks are alkaline to peralkaline, and they are represented by subaerial flows and eruptions and | 'Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will'• The longer and shallower route, Siket El Bashait, takes about 2 |
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The chapel encloses the rock which is considered to be the source for the biblical | Mount Sinai displays a that consists of alkaline intruded into diverse rock types, including |
The summit has a that is still used by Muslims, and a chapel, constructed in 1934 on the ruins of a 16th-century church, that is not open to the public | Islam [ ] The Jabal Musa is associated with the Islamic prophet Musa |
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Places of Peace and Power | Qabl al- 'Before the Setting of the Sun '• The steeper, more direct route Siket Sayidna Musa is up the 3,750 "steps of penitence" in the ravine behind the monastery |