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Its modern-day name is Badiet Et-Tih (according to Hertz ), meaning "the desert of the wanderings." The Desert of Paran is situated in the northeastern part of the Peninsula . The region is characterized by very little rainfall — less than 10 inches per year. Paran is often spelled "Pharan". The Desert of Paran contains the Har Karkom plateau. A total of 218 sites, with approximately 1,300 rocks engraved with petroglyphs—aged between 13,000 and 1,500 years—was found in the desert and the surrounding valleys. This region is part of modern-day Eygpt. Today this area is still the home to roaming Bedouins , but there is a town called Nekhl , built in 1516 to protect pilgrims crossing the region, and the former capital of Sinai. ''Paran'' means abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns. ''See also'': Zin Desert REFERENCES
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