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If you can think of the oldest date in your mind, Sinai is bound to be older. If you are amazed by the ancient Egyptian History, Sinai is older still. From prophets to pilgrims, from Pharaohs to desert dwellers, Sinai bears the footprints of age old travellers. What is still intriguing, however, is that surprisingly little is actually written today about Sinai. Perhaps this is why it captivates the minds of even the most discerned of travellers. Yet, it continues to welcome with an open ended hospitality anyone in search of a new experience.
Located between the continents of Africa and Asia, the peninsula is
an enormous triangular wedge forming both a dividing desert and a connecting
land bridge. In ancient times, The Sinai Desert acted as a trading
route between the Nile Valley and the near Eastern Empires, allowing
ancient Egypt to flourish as a great power almost undisturbed.
Travelers have come to Sinai since early times, when a journey here
was arduous and at times essential. Held in great prestige as
a spiritual land, Sinai attracted many great leaders, warriors and pilgrims
seeking religious enlightenment.
There are moments
in the Sinai when one feels as if the history of the world can be read
in the stones. Indeed, the land here is a monument to the antiquity
of life on Earth, from the fossilized reef animals of the Gulf of Aqaba,
to the turquoise mines around Serabit el Khadem, the copper from which
fuelled the bronze age. In many places visitors from thousands
of years ago literally recorded their passage in the stone, still visible
at the Rocks of Inscriptions throughout Sinai.
Today, the magic of Sinai continues to captivate its visitors with brilliant
coral reefs, striking mountains and deserts, and its enormous cultural
heritage, the allure of all tempting those who have witnessed to return
again and again.
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