St. Catherine's Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, with shoulder of Mount Sinai behind, Sinai Peninsula Desert, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

St. Catherine's Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, with shoulder of Mount Sinai behind, Sinai Peninsula Desert, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

The world's oldest Christian monastery stands under Mount Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Port and marina in front of barren mountains, Sharm el Sheik, Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Garden of Hilton hotel at Dahab on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Saint Catherine's Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Mar Saba, one of the oldest continuously inhabited monasteries in the world, eastern Judean Desert, Israel

A rock carving depicts the Golden Calf of the Old Testament under Mount Sinai, at St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

The oldest Christian monastery in the world, St. Catherine's Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Sinai Peninsula

Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), lies in sandy soil, Sinai, Egypt, Africa

Group of Red Sea garden eels (Gorgasia sillneri), feeding on plankton floating by them leaning out of the sandy bottom, Eel Garden, Red sea, Dahab, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Africa

Swarm Golden Goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus), at the coral reef in backlight, Sharm el Sheik, Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Portrait of star puffer (Arothron stellatus), Dive Site Wreck of the Thistlegorm, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa

Whip coral dwarf goby (Bryaninops yongei), dwarf goby, dive site Strait of Tiran, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas), Ras Mohammed National Park dive site, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa

Road to Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai desert, Egypt, Africa

Soft coral;Dendronephthya sp) and lyretail anthias;Pseudanthias squamipinnis) and tropical grouper;Cephalopholis miniata). Coral reef, corals. Ras Muhammad National Park;Sharm Al Sheikh - Raas Mohammed) and Tiran Strait. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal;October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

Underwater canyon, Marsa Bareika reef. Ras Muhammad National Park;Sharm Al Sheikh - Raas Mohammed). Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

Anemone with twoband anemonefish;Amphiprion bicinctus). Reef fish. Ras Muhammad National Park;Sharm Al Sheikh - Raas Mohammed) and Tiran Strait. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal;October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

Soft coral;Dendronephthya sp). Coral reef. Ras Muhammad National Park;Sharm Al Sheikh - Raas Mohammed) and Tiran Strait. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

Soft coral;Dendronephthya sp) and whip coral;Junceella sp). Coral reef. Ras Muhammad National Park;Sharm Al Sheikh - Raas Mohammed) and Tiran Strait. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

Giant gorgonians of the genus Annella. Coral reef. Ras Muhammad National Park;Sharm Al Sheikh - Raas Mohammed) and Tiran Strait. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.