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To Sinai by car. Gebel Mousa. Closer view of the camel's footprint
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Photograph taken below the summit of Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai or Gebel Musa) at Matab El Naqa (the traditional location of the camel footprint of Prophet Mohammad), along the upper section of the Byzantine rock steps. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Siqqat Sydina Musa is recognised as the traditional naqb followed by prophet Moses to the summit of Biblical Mount Sinai. The monks paved the path from Saint Catherine Monastery to the summit using 3,750 rock steps in 4th-7th centuries CE. The contemporary church of the Holy Trinity and Cleft of the Rock on the summit of Mount Sinai was built (re-constructed) in 1934 CE at the site and from the ruins of four earlier churches, including Julian Saba's first church on the summit in 363 CE, Justinian's church in 6th century CE, a mid-late medieval church, and a later fourth church in early 20th century CE. There is a mosque which was built from the same ruins to the southeast of the church and above the traditional site of Moses rock cave of the 40 days and nights, in addition to inscriptions by pilgrims and travellers scattered on the summit. Matab El Naqa is the traditional location of the camel footprint of Prophet Mohammad during the Israa and Miraj night journey form Mecca to Jerusalem and to the heavens (7th century CE). (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?].
Date from Matson LOT cards.
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection is a source of historical images of the Middle East. The majority of the images depict Palestine (present-day Israel and the West Bank) from 1898 to 1946. Most of the Library of Congress collection consists of over 23,000 glass and film photographic negatives and transparencies created by the American Colony Photo Department and its successor firm, the Matson Photo Service. The American Colony Photo Department in Jerusalem was one of several photo services operating in the Middle East before 1900. Catering primarily to the tourist trade, the American Colony and its competitors photographed holy sites, often including costumed actors recreating Biblical scenes. The firm’s photographers were residents of Palestine with knowledge of the land and people that gave them an advantage and made their coverage intimate and comprehensive. They documented Middle East culture, history, and political events from before World War I through the collapse of Ottoman rule, the British Mandate period, World War II, and the emergence of the State of Israel. The Matson Collection also includes images of people and locations in present-day Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Turkey. Additionally, the firm produced photographs from an East African trip. The collection came to the Library of Congress between 1966 and 1981, through a series of gifts made by Eric Matson and his beneficiary, the Home for the Aged of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Los Angeles (now called the Kensington Episcopal Home).
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