Luxury hotels, villas and shopping bazaars are already under construction, drawing heavy international criticism.

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows part of the exterior of St. Catherine's monastery in south Sinai, Egypt, March 7, 2019. Picture taken March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo FILE PHOTO ...

Greece and Egypt have agreed to safeguard the status of one of the world's oldest sites of Christian worship, foreign ministers of both countries said late on Wednesday, after an Egyptian court ruling ...

The sacred area around Mount Sinai, where Moses is believed to have been given the Ten Commandments, is being turned into luxury hotels, villas and shopping areas, concerning the traditional Bedouin ...

Dating back to the sixth century BC, St Catherine's Monastery is the world's oldest continuously inhabited monastery — Sally KANDIL Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery ...

Saint Catherine's Monastery is the oldest continuously-functioning library and Christian monastery in the world. Located at the base of Mount Sinai in Egypt, the monastery was built by orders of ...

An appeals court in the Egyptian city of Ismailia has ruled that the monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula have the right to use the monastery and surrounding religious heritage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows part of the exterior of St. Catherine's monastery in south Sinai, Egypt, March 7, 2019. Picture ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount Sinai, one of the world's oldest sites of Christian worship ...