Rock of Inscriptions

The Rock of Inscriptions has been a signpost for thousands of years. Featuring messages in Nabatean, Pharaonic Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Hebrew it gave travelers the information they needed to find their way through the valleys of the Southern Sinai. Before roads existed in this mountainous region people walked the valleys. Wadi Ghazala (the valley of Gazelles) ends just south of Ein Khudra oasis and from here one needs to climb a steep path, at the crest of which lies the Rock of Inscriptions. Today a paved highway runs just south of the rock offering travelers an opportunity to see the rock plus look down over Wadi Ghazala and view Ein Khudra.