Word FileRutho Monastery
Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.
Egypt (Arab States) |
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| Date of Submission: | 01/11/1994 |
| Category: | Cultural |
| Submitted by: | Egyptian Antiquities Organization |
| Coordinates: | South Sinai |
| Ref.: | 194 |
Description
Rutho the old name of El-Tur. The South Sinai zone beginning in this location in 1984 and discovering a Monastery dating 6th Century A.D. we found two bazelica churches, oil press, well provisions stores, kitchens, rooms of monks, number of ovens for bread and food, and is surroundbly a strong wall with two entrances.