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Silent witness in the Sinai

...whole area was a warm shallow sea, hence the Gaudi-esque contours of the sandstone. The same tectonic shift that lifted and folded the Alps elevated and tipped the Sinai peninsula so the water drained away, leaving what was once a seabed.

In this article: God, Sharm el Sheikh, St Catherine's Monastery, Nuweiba, Christianity, and British Airways

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