Wadi Mukattab

The Wadi Mukattab (Arabic for "Valley of Writing"), also known as the Valley of Inscriptions, is a wadi on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near St Catherine's Monastery. It links the main road in the Wadi Feiran with the Wadi Maghera's ancient turquoise mining area.[1]

The wadi is named after its valley's many petroglyphs. Nabataean[2] and Greek[3] inscriptions are abundant.

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