Francis Frith - Mount Serbál, from the Wádee Feyrán Frith

Photograph shows rocky landscape with a tree in the foreground and mountains in the background.
Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis, somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Nakhila, El Hswa, El Khataten, El Mgrahein and Rgmat El Bied, looking southeast and showing the crown-shape summits of Gebel Serbal (El Madhawwa) in the background in the far horizon from a 8.5km maximum distance and the mainstream of Wadi Feiran with Acacia trees. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Wadi Feiran section from El Nakhila in the east to El Qa'a Plain in the west is dotted with prehistoric sites mainly from Neolithic period (8,300-4,500 BCE), in addition to Early Bronze Age sites (3150-2950 BCE), and later periods (Byzantine, 4th-7th centuries CE). Wadi El Sheikh and Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim of Amalek) were the upland section of Darb El Batraa in Sinai Peninsula (Way of Petra or Exodus Traditional Route). Gebel Serbal towers Feiran Oasis to the south. The oasis was also known as Palm Grove of B'aal and thought to be the true location of Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai) in 3rd century CE. Both wadis had been the way to Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai) and Saint Catherine Monastery for pilgrims, travellers and scholars since 4th century CE. Sawalha (14th century CE), Qrarsha (16th century CE) and other tribes inhabit Feiran Oasis. The dirt-road to Saint Catherine Monastery via Wadi Feiran and Wadi El Sheikh was constructed in 1920s CE. Motor vehicles started replacing camels in Sinai Peninsula in the 1920s and 1930s CE. Though, camels were still widely used through mid 20th century CE and until 1967-1982 CE, especially in remote areas until nowadays. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Signed and numbered on glass plate.
Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 3].