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To Sinai via the desert. Nakb el-Budra pass
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Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?].
Photograph taken from the eastern slopes of Farsh Ghazlan, looking northeast and showing the western slopes of Gebel Munega from centre-right to the centre, Gebel Umm Bugma from centre-right to centre-left from a 3km distance, the vicinity of Wadi El Shellal (and Wadi Sahou) and Wadi Abu Natash in-between both mountain ranges, the downstream of Wadi Bab'a at Khashm El Lqum area from centre-left to left, the mainstream of Naqb Budra in the foreground from the centre to centre-left, and the eroded eastern slopes of Farsh Ghazlan in the foreground. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
An Upper Paleolithic (35,000-17,000 BCE?) site and Chalcolithic/Copper Early Bronze Age (3,500-2,650 BCE) copper mines are located at Naqb Budra to the south of its junction with Wadi Bab'a. Gebel Umm Bugma has ancient Egyptian mines (3rd-2nd millennium BCE?). Nabatean/Thamudic (1st century CE) and Byzantine (3rd-7th centuries CE) rock inscriptions are located in Wadi El Shellal (and Wadi Sahou) and in the vicinity of Gebel Munega (also holds Nabatean inscriptions) respectively. The inhabitants of the vicinity of Naqb Budra belong to Hamada (pre-Islamic), 'Aliqat (14th century CE) and Sawalha (14th century CE) tribes. The Manganese mines of Gebel Umm Bugma have been operating since 1910 CE (Thomas Barron 1898-1899 CE), in addition to: Lime Stone, Diorite, Carbonaceous Shale, Basalt, Albaster and Clay, while Naqb Budra and Wadi Sahou have Kaolin White Sand and Uranium deposits. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)
Caption on negative: Nakb el-Budra Pass.
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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