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The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (/ ˈ s aɪ n aɪ / SY-ny; Arabic: سِينَاء; Egyptian Arabic: سينا; Coptic: Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Africa.
Mount Sinai's rocks were formed during the late stage of the evolution of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Mount Sinai displays a ring complex [2] that consists of alkaline granites intruded into diverse rock types, including volcanics. The granites range in composition from syenogranite to alkali feldspar granite.
All the inscriptions published between 1916 and 1936 were given identification numbers following those of Gardiner's initial 1916 publication. Gardiner's numbers 1–344 were objects from Sinai with unrelated Egyptian inscriptions, so the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions numbering began at 345.
Power: Many sacred mountains are revered as places of awesome power manifested in various ways – natural, supernatural, and even political. [4] Deity or abode of deity: As places of power and heavens on high, mountains serve as abodes of gods and goddesses, often situated at the center of the cosmos, world, or region. [5]
Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Pharaoh's island) South Sinai: 2003 iv, vi (cultural) The two fortresses, one in Al-Gundi and the other one on the Pharaoh's Island (pictured), were constructed in the 12th century under Saladin. They were strategic forts during the Crusades but lost importance after 1291. Parts of the ...
Setter – I, ME, ONE (meaning the setter of the crossword) Setter's – MY (meaning the setter of the crossword) Sex appeal – IT (after Clara Bow – the It girl) or SA; Shilling – S; Ship – SS (steam ship) Ship's officer – PO (petty officer) Shirt – T; Short wave – SW; Side – LEG, OFF, ON; Significant other – SO
Luminous energy: Q v [nb 3] lumen second: lm⋅s T⋅J: The lumen second is sometimes called the talbot. Luminous flux, luminous power Φ v [nb 3] lumen (= candela steradian) lm (= cd⋅sr) J: Luminous energy per unit time Luminous intensity: I v: candela (= lumen per steradian) cd (= lm/sr) J: Luminous flux per unit solid angle: Luminance: L v ...
However, when one of the students asked Akiva for the source of his teaching, Akiva replied that it was a "law given to Moses at Sinai", so Moses was put at ease. Upon returning to God, Moses asks why he was given the Torah and not the great Rabbi Akiva. God tells him to be silent, it arose in God's mind that way.