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Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Katholikon of the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

The remains of Saint Catherine in the katholikon of the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

The Burning Bush of Moses at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Church of the Apparition of the Virgin on Mount Horeb. The site where God spoke to Moses on the Holy Summit or Mount Moses (Gebel Musa).

Church and mosque on the site where God gave the tablets of the Ten Commandments to Moses on the Holy Summit or Mount Moses (Gebel Mousa). Monastery of the Forty Martyrs. The summit of Saint Catherine, on which, according to tradition, the Angels laid down the remains of the Saint.

Saracene fortress with springs in the area of Mount Sinai.

View of Damietta.

Fruit tree from Damietta. Date palm from Damietta.

Camel and baboon from Damietta.

Baboon, crocodile, unicorn and salamander. Long-eared goat and long-tailed ram or billy-goat.

Orthodox church in Egypt.

Collection of fruits of a palm tree in Egypt.

Crocodiles in Egypt.

Giraffe.

Rendering of the head of the Sphinx from Giza, Egypt.

A mummy seen by André Thevet in Egypt.

Egyptian cavalry soldiers at Giza.

Arab story teller entertaining the population of a Fellah village in Egypt.

Woman dancer of Cairo (Almeh).

Depiction of diverse types of camel saddles.

The temple of Ammon, or Siwa Oracle or Temple of Zeus, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt.

The interior of the temple of Ammon, or Siwa Oracle or Temple of Zeus, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt.

Muslim women of Turkey in promenade costume. Muslim woman of Egypt in promenade costume. European woman covered with a shawl. European woman wearing a mahrama, embroidered head cover typically used by Muslim women.