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 Maghareh's ancient turquoise mining area. The wadi is named after its valley's many petroglyphs. Nabataean and Greek inscriptions are abundant.

Notable inscriptions

• Several texts use the provincial dating system introduced after Roman annexation of Arabia in 106 AD, including dates of "year 45" and "year 85 of the province" (i.e., AD 149 and AD 191).
• One inscription mentions "the three Caesars," likely the Severan emperors Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and Geta.

Gallery

See also

• Georgian graffiti of Nazareth and Sinai
• Rivers of Egypt
• Biblical Sinai

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