(eTN) - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Kuhina Moʻomeheu ʻAigupita ʻo Farouk Hosni i ka Lāpule ʻelua mau kālā gula o ka Byzantine emperor Valens (AD 364-378) i ʻeli ʻia i kēia pule ma ka wahi o Sayl al-Tuhfah ma Gebel Abbas, aia ma ke komohana o ka hale mōneka o Saint Catherine ma Sinai. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ua loaʻa kēia mau kālā i ka wā o ka ʻeli ʻana i hana ʻia e ka Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).

Ua wehewehe ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka SCA, he mea kū hoʻokahi kēia ʻike. ʻO ia ka manawa mua i loaʻa ai nā mea a Emperor Valens ma ʻAigupita. Ua loaʻa mua nā kālā Valens ma Lebanona a me Suria, ʻaʻole ʻo ʻAigupita. ʻO nā koena o nā paia me nā ʻāpana pālolo, aniani a me ka porcelain i ʻeli ʻia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Farag Fada, ke poʻo o ke keʻena Coptic a me Islam ma ka SCA, ʻo kekahi ʻaoʻao o nā ʻāpana kālā ʻelua ke kiʻi nei i ke kiʻi o ka mōʻī e hoʻohana ana i ka lei aliʻi i hoʻonani ʻia me nā lālani ʻelua o nā momi e hoʻopuni ana i kahi keʻa gula, i hoʻohui ʻia i kona ʻaʻahu kūhelu. I kēia manawa, hōʻike ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe i ka mōʻī e ʻaʻahu ana i kona ʻaʻahu pūʻali koa, e paʻa ana i ke koʻokoʻo me ke keʻa ma kona lima hema a me kahi kinipōpō e hoʻopiʻi ʻia e kahi ʻēheu ʻēheu ma kona lima ʻākau.

Ua wehewehe ʻo Tarek El-Naggar, ke poʻo o nā monuments Coptic a me Islam ma Sinai, ua paʻi ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻelua ma Anetioka (ʻo Antakya i kēia manawa ma ka hema o Turkey). Ke hana ʻia nei nā ʻeli hou aʻe e wehe i nā mea hou aʻe e hoʻohui i ka ʻike o nā kānaka no Sinai a me kona mōʻaukala, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā Byzantine.

ʻAʻole mamao loa mai kahi i loaʻa ai nā ʻāpana kālā, aia ma ka hale mōneka o St. Loaʻa iā ia nā kiʻi mosaic 527th century, ka hale kiaʻi halepule me ʻeiwa mau bele keleawe i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Russian Tsar Alexander II i ka makahiki 13 a me kahi bele kahiko i hoʻohana mau ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā akā ʻaʻole no ka pule kakahiaka (ʻo ka papa lāʻau simandro ka hana o ke kāhea pule) a he ossuary i kiaʻi ʻia e ka iwi cassocked o ka mōneka St. Stephen.

I kēlā me kēia makahiki, e kipa aku ana nā miliona o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi iā Sharm el Sheikh a me ka Monastery e hoʻomaha ana ma lalo o ka mauna ʻo Mose kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka "hoʻopakele" i loaʻa i nā kānāwai he ʻumi ma Sinai. ʻO ka poʻe pilgrim a me ka poʻe hoihoi, ke hoʻonui nei i ka pūnaewele i mahalo ʻia e nā mea he nui ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi hoʻāno loa o ka honua.

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It has 13th century mosaic icons, the church tower with nine bronze bells donated by the Russian Tsar Alexander II in 1871 and an ancient bell still used daily but not for morning mass (the simandro wooden board does the job of the prayer-call) and an ossuary guarded by the cassocked skeleton of the monk St.
Farag Fada, head of the Coptic and Islamic department at the SCA, said that one side of both coins bears an image of the emperor wearing an ornate crown decorated with two rows of pearls surrounding a golden cross, in addition to his official attire.
Meanwhile, the other side shows the emperor wearing his military attire, holding a staff with a cross in his left hand and a ball surmounted by a winged angel in his right hand.