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Mount Sinai, also known as Jabal Musa - in translation: Mount Moses. A mountain that is a possible location of the biblical Mount Sinai. According to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition, the biblical Mount Sinai was the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments. 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. Ascent to the summit is possible by two paths - quicker, but harder - 2 hours or longer and easier - 3 hours - camel`s path.