Jebel Musa

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mountain religious site

Jebel Musa is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula widely venerated in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as the biblical Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mount Colzim, near the Red Sea, Egypt 1
جبل موسى 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
associatedWith Exodus narrative ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Ten Commandments ⓘ
category Gilf Kebir plateau ⓘ
surface form: Mountains of Egypt

Sacred mountains ⓘ
Tourist attractions in South Sinai Governorate ⓘ
climbingDifficulty non-technical hike ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
disputedIdentification location of biblical Mount Sinai ⓘ
elevation about 2285 metres ⓘ
about 7500 feet ⓘ
hasArabicName Jebel Musa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: جبل موسى
hasClimate arid mountain climate ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement village of Saint Catherine ⓘ
hasPilgrimagePractice night ascent to see sunrise ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Christians

Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
hasRoute Steps of Repentance ⓘ
camel path ⓘ
hasSummitFeature chapel ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
hasViewOf surrounding Sinai mountains ⓘ
landform rocky granite massif ⓘ
locatedIn Asian part of Egypt ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
nameMeaning Mount Sinai ⓘ
surface form: Mountain of Moses
near Saint Catherine ⓘ
Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ
surface form: Saint Catherine Monastery
partOf South Sinai Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
range Sinai desert ⓘ
surface form: southern Sinai mountains
religiousBuildingAtSummit Greek Orthodox chapel ⓘ
small mosque ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalAssociation Book of Exodus ⓘ
Quranic stories of Moses ⓘ
snowOccurrence occasional winter snowfall ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
tourismType pilgrimage site ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
veneratedAs Mount Sinai ⓘ
surface form: biblical Mount Sinai

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anthony the Great → deathPlace → Jebel Musa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Colzim, near the Red Sea, Egypt
Jebel Musa → hasArabicName → Jebel Musa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: جبل موسى