Serabit el-Khadim (Arabic: سرابيط الخادم‎ Arabic pronunciation: [saraːˈbiːtˤ alˈχaːdɪm] (also transliterated Serabit al-Khadim, Serabit el-Khadem) is a locality in the southwest Sinai Peninsula where turquoise was mined extensively in antiquity, mainly by the ancient Egyptians.