One of the world’s most sacred places is being turned into a mega-resort

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Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem

Universal Images Group via Getty Images The St Catherine's Monastery as seen from the outside. It is a walled structure with several buildings inside, with the monastery's gardens attached to one side, which are green with some trees inside. The surrounding area is rocky with the ground sloping up behind the monastery at the foot of a mountain — The 6th Century St Catherine’s is the world’s oldest continuously used Christian monastery

For years, visitors would venture up Mount Sinai with a Bedouin guide to watch the…

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