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The Wadi Mukattab (Arabic for "Valley of Writing"), also known as the Valley of Inscriptions, is a wadi on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near St Catherine's Monastery. It links the main road in the Wadi Feiran with the Wadi Maghera's ancient turquoise mining area.[1]

The wadi is named after its valley's many petroglyphs. Nabataean[2] and Greek[3] inscriptions are abundant.

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Citations

  1. ^ Rothenberg & al. (1980), p. 100.
  2. ^ Bowersock (1983), p. 94.
  3. ^ Dahari & al. (2000), p. 14.

Bibliography

  • Bowersock, Glen Warren (1983), Roman Arabia, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-77756-5.
  • Dahari, Uzi (2000), Monastic Settlements in South Sinai in the Byzantine Period: The Archaeological Remains, Israel Antiquities Authorities Reports, No. 9, Israel Antiquities Authority, ISBN 978-9654060370.
  • Rothenberg, Benno; et al. (1980), Sinai: Pharaohs, Miners, Pilgrims, and Soldiers, Binns, ISBN 978-0896740020.



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