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The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a traingular peninsula in Egypt which is about 60,000 Sq.Km. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south and is the only part of Egyptian territory located in Aia as opposed to Africa effectively serving as a land bridge beteween the two continents. 
Mount Sinai The area around Mount Sinai is the spot believed to be where Moses escaped from Egypt and lived for forty years with his father-in-law Jethro. Here God revealed himself in the burning bush and commissioned Moses to lead his people to freedom and to bring them to Mount Horeb in order to serve Him. Fifty days afer their departure from Egypt, they reached this sacred spot where Moses ascended to receive God's law. Pilgrims have made their way to Mount Sinai since at least the fourth century to visit the Monastery and to ascend the heights of the mountain believed to be the place where God revealed himself to Moses and made a covenant with the Chosen People. Monks have lived near Mount Horeb since the third century. In 330 AD Constantine's mother, the Empress Helena, built a church at the site of the burning bush. The emperor Justinian had a church and walled fortress built in 527.
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