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WADY FARAN
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WADY FARAN
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Feiran Oasis is the largest Oasis in Sinai, stretching for more than 5 km. It is probably the Wadi Feiran that made this place so famous, Sinai's largest wadi and probably - from the archeological point of view - most important one. According to the legend it was this here where Moses converted a rock into a spring so his people could drink. Walking through this wadi is a journey through history (Old Testament - Exodus 17) for many pilgrims and also for some interested tourists.

In the 4th century AD Feiran was about to develop into a major religious center and still today there are ruins of lots of ancient churches to be seen.
Date 1830
date QS:P571,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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British Library HMNTS 1046.k.23.
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Image extracted from page 210 of volume 2 of Travels through the Crimea, Turkey and Egypt; performed during the years 1825-28, including particulars of the last illness and death of the Emperor Alexander, and of the Russian conspiracy in 1825., by WEBSTER, James. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

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