File:Convent of Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai.jpg

Summary
[[Category:Mount Sinai]

Convent of Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. Salted paper print by Leavitt Hunt, 1852. Hunt, a photographer and lawyer of independent means, was the first American photographer to visit and photograph the Middle East. St. Catherine's Monastery possesses some of the earliest icons in existence, including a 6th-century hot wax icon.