It is one of several locations claimed to be the biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the Torah, Bible, and Quran, Moses received the Ten Commandments.

It is a 2,285-meter (7,497 ft), moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula.

Mount Sinai displays a ring complex[2] that consists of alkaline granites intruded into diverse rock types, including volcanics.

The summit has a mosque that is still used by Muslims, and a Greek Orthodox chapel, constructed in 1934 on the ruins of a 16th-century church, that is not open to the public.

[10] As for the adjacent Wād Ṭuwā (Valley of Tuwa), it is considered as being muqaddas[11][12] (sacred),[13][14] and a part of it is called Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah ("The blessed Place").