Ani-Musa - the Well of Moses in the Sinai desert 8 miles south of Sue

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-143.
Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez to the south of the town of Suez at Uyun Musa (Biblical Twelve Springs of Moses), showing the way station for pilgrims, travellers, scholars and early tourists. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Camels replaced feral donkeys in transportation in 2nd millennium BCE, though domesticated donkeys are still used in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. Uyun Musa and the surrounding palm grove are the traditional location of the Biblical Twelve Springs of Mosses, on the Exodus route of the Israelites to the vicinity of Biblical Mount Sinai and Saint Catherine Monastery (also known as Darb El Batraa). The landscape is dotted with a large Coptic tomb (4th century CE), Islamic pottery shreds (7th-18th century CE), Ottoman watering facilities (Sulieman II, 1538 CE), and the remains of Al Hagig Quarantine (18th century CE). The springs had functioned as key way station for pilgrims, travellers, scholars and early tourists on the edge of Sinai desert for centuries. Huwitat tribe (17th century CE) and other tribes inhabit the vicinity of Uyun Musa. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971.
Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).