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El-Tor
El-Tor
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El-Tor
El-Tor, formerly Raithu, is the capital of South Sinai Governorate of Egypt. The name of the city comes from the Arabic name of the mountain where the prophet Moses received the tablets from God; this mountain is called Jabal Al Tor. El-Tor area includes Hammam Musa or Baths of Moses and the Raithu or Rutho monastery that was commissioned in the 6th century by Byzantine emperor Justinian.
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Country: Egypt
District: South Sinai Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: 6th Century AD
Oldest Culture: Byzantine
Later Cultures: Mixed
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Official Name: Rutho Monastery
Date of Submission: 1994
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