Sinai

Newly discovered fossil challenges idea of ape origins in east Africa - study

The remains, discovered in 2023 and 2024, are incomplete, and made up of only a few jawbone fragments and worn teeth. 

Image from Apes and monkeys, Their life and language; illustrative.
Red pigment drawings discovered by Egyptian archaeologists on the Umm Arak Plateau in the southern Sinai, February 17, 2026.

Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert

The God one seeks is found precisely in the confusing, unclear place.

Parashat Yitro: Illuminating the fog

A big ball of fire (illustrative)

Parashat Yitro: Before the revelation at Sinai


Stop leaving Egypt out of the conversation on Gaza’s humanitarian crisis - opinion

Egypt remains absent from any serious discussion of solutions on any humanitarian issues seen in the Gaza Strip.

 A truck crosses from Gaza to Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, Egypt

Egypt to reinforce military forces along Gaza border, Arab media reports

This includes approximately 40,000 soldiers, air defense systems, and tanks being deployed to the area, according to the report.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

Egypt-Israel security ties and Sinai’s double-edged role - opinion

The Sinai Peninsula is a vulnerable front and a strategic concern for Egypt, particularly during the Israel-Hamas War.

AN EGYPTIAN military outpost at the Israel-Egypt border as seen from southern Israel, 2021: For the Egyptian public and government, Sinai is not just a geographic zone but a perpetual strategic concern, says the writer.

Drones increasingly being used to smuggle items from Sinai to Gaza - report

The context surrounding the smuggling into Gaza, however, may not be a surprise.

 Sunrise is seen from the summit of Mount Sinai in Egypt.

‘This is from Moses’: Newly imaged Sinai inscriptions revive Exodus-era alphabet debate

High-resolution photography at the turquoise mines of Serabit el-Khadem in Egypt’s south-central Sinai Peninsula highlighted faint letters that one epigrapher reads as “This is from Moses.”

 Cylinders found at Tel Um el-Marra, Syria.

Travel expert on whether to return to Israel via Jordan or Sinai - opinion

If you are fortunate to get a flight into Agaba, the Jordanian border city across from Eilat, allows you to jump in a Jordanian taxi for the ten-minute drive to Taba.

 EL AL flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, May 13, 2025.

Israelis shouldn't enter country through Jordan, Egypt's Sinai borders, NSC says

Private initiatives have emerged to help Israelis trapped abroad to enter the locked-down country through Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

 People cross to Egypt through the Taba Border Crossing, during the summer holiday, in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, August 6, 2023

The forgotten courage of Sinai helps us find holiness within mystery - opinion

Revelation does not begin with mastery. It begins with mystery.

MOSES ON Mount Sinai as depicted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895.

Israel facing dangerous shift in relations with Egypt - opinion

While Egypt has not formally renounced the Camp David Accords, Cairo is effectively distancing itself from the treaty.

Armoured Israeli military vehicle driving along border with Egypt

Fortress discovered in Northern Sinai, including Roman-era soldiers' dwellings

Well-preserved Roman-era soldiers' dwellings were unearthed, providing a clear picture of daily life at the fortress during the reigns of emperors Diocletian and Maximian.

 Fortress discovered in Northern Sinai, including Roman-era soldiers' dwellings.