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Looking N.E. from the rigid slopes of Mt. Subal [i.e., Serbal]. The Wilderness of Sin is 3000 ft. below

Looking N.E. from the rigid slopes of Mt. Subal [i.e., Serbal]. The Wi...

Photograph shows men, one armed with weapon, on rocky outcroppings looking out at the valley below. J177966 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken from the western half (?) of the crown-shape summit of Gebel S... More

Francis Frith - Mount Serbál, from the Wádee Feyrán Frith

Francis Frith - Mount Serbál, from the Wádee Feyrán Frith

Photograph shows rocky landscape with a tree in the foreground and mountains in the background. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feira... More

Sinai, Egypt, Extinct City, Jordan - stereocsopic card

Sinai, Egypt, Extinct City, Jordan - stereocsopic card

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from Wadi Sulaf and close to the vicinity of Abu Khalil area, lookin... More

Palestine Government Museum. Statue of a 3rd century Syrian princess

Palestine Government Museum. Statue of a 3rd century Syrian princess

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: A 3rd century Syrian princess. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

To Sinai by car. El-Buab, "Gates" into Wadi Zeav

To Sinai by car. El-Buab, "Gates" into Wadi Zeav

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) side of El Buwyb, looking southeast and showing the natural g... More

Thipian with its oasis-like gardens, Mt. Sinai

Thipian with its oasis-like gardens, Mt. Sinai

Photograph shows armed men looking out over valley and mountains. J177968 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken from the summit of Gebel Tahuna (Hererat El Kebir or the mountain of the mill), where the palm g... More

In the Sinai, 16th century. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.

In the Sinai, 16th century. Eric Matson public domain photograph colle...

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) somewhere in the vicinity of Di... More

Sinai at the sea. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.

Sinai at the sea. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.

Photograph taken from the junction of Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area with El Qa'a Plain close to the Gulf of Suez(?), looking northwest(?) and showing the mainstream area of Wadi Feiran in the... More

Sinai. Wady Feiran, el Mahrad, Peran

Sinai. Wady Feiran, el Mahrad, Peran

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking west ... More

Sinai. Jebel Tahuneh (Hill of Moses). American Colony, Jerusalem

Sinai. Jebel Tahuneh (Hill of Moses). American Colony, Jerusalem

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and to the north of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking north... More

Sinai, man and camel - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Sinai, man and camel - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph taken from Wadi Sulaf and close to the vicinity of Abu Khalil area, looking west and showing the vicinity of Wadi Feiran to the right, the crown-shape summits of Gebel Serbal in the background in the... More

American Colony Photo Dept. expedition camp in the Sinai, Lewis Larsson on camel directly in front of tent American Colony, Jerusalem

American Colony Photo Dept. expedition camp in the Sinai, Lewis Larsso...

Title and date devised by Library staff. Title and date devised by Library staff. (Source: The dream of Jerusalem, Mia Grondahl, p. 139-141 and researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) Photograph taken from Ta... More

In the Sinai, Extinct City, Jordan

In the Sinai, Extinct City, Jordan

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh and close to the vicinity of Wadi (Sahab?) and b... More

Sinai. Oasis in Wady Feiran (Rephidim), and distant view of Jebel Serbal. American Colony, Jerusalem

Sinai. Oasis in Wady Feiran (Rephidim), and distant view of Jebel Serb...

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) between Dier El Banat ( to the south) and Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Shebib Bedouin cemetery (to the north), where a dense palm grove covers that section of F... More

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. "Holms" in the valley

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. "Holms" in the valley

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at (El 'Alw and Munqzet El N'aga areas?), looking north and s... More

To Sinai by car. El Mahrad. An oasis which is "A gem of the desert"

To Sinai by car. El Mahrad. An oasis which is "A gem of the desert"

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) somewhere in the vicinity of Dier El Banat and Sheikh Ahmed a... More

To Sinai via the desert. Jebel Serbal from Wady Feiran

To Sinai via the desert. Jebel Serbal from Wady Feiran

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis, somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Hswa, El Khataten, El Mgrahein ... More

To Sinai by car. Bedouin camp under Acacia trees

To Sinai by car. Bedouin camp under Acacia trees

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim), possibly, downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Nakhila, El Hswa, El ... More

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. El Mahrad. (Peran) head of the wadi

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. El Mahrad. (Peran) head of the wadi

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking west ... More

Palestine Government Museum. Statue of a 3rd century Syrian princess

Palestine Government Museum. Statue of a 3rd century Syrian princess

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mt. Sinai from the north, viewed from an elevation of 6740 ft. from the summit of Jebel Meraja

Mt. Sinai from the north, viewed from an elevation of 6740 ft. from th...

Men with rifles and a monk on mountain. J177965 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken from the summit of Gebel Meraja, looking southwest and showing the naqb above El Magaf El A'liya (Galaktion and Episteme)... More

Sinai, 16th century Egypt - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Sinai, 16th century Egypt - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis, somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Hswa, El Khataten, El Mgrahein ... More

Sinai. Gravel terraces in Wady Feiran. American Colony, Jerusalem

Sinai. Gravel terraces in Wady Feiran. American Colony, Jerusalem

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at (El 'Alw and Munqzet El N'aga areas?), looking north and showing the sediments... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Ascending the Wady Hebran

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Ascending the Wady Heb...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibran to the right, the square-... More

To Sinai via the desert. One of Serbal's five peaks

To Sinai via the desert. One of Serbal's five peaks

Photograph taken below one of the crown-shape summit of Gebel Serbal. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh and Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim of Amalek) were the upland section of D... More

Sinai, Egypt,  Israel, Matson photograph collection

Sinai, Egypt, Israel, Matson photograph collection

Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibran to the right, the square-shape summit of Gebel Serbal Umm Takha ... More

To Sinai via the desert. Well at el-Buweib

To Sinai via the desert. Well at el-Buweib

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Well at el-Buweib. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh side of El Buwyb, looking northwest an... More

In the Sinai, Extinct City, Jordan

In the Sinai, Extinct City, Jordan

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh and below the junction with Wadi (Sahab?), looki... More

To Sinai via the desert. Jebel Tahuneh.

To Sinai via the desert. Jebel Tahuneh.

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and to the north of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking north... More

Sinai. Distant view of Jebel Serbal from el-Ka'a. American Colony, Jerusalem

Sinai. Distant view of Jebel Serbal from el-Ka'a. American Colony, Jer...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibran to the right, the... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Old Bedouin sheikh

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Old Bedouin sheikh

Photograph taken at Wadi El Sheikh and close to the vicinity of Tarfat El Qidarein area(?). (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh section from Watiya Pass (Muk'ad Musa or Moses Seat)... More

American Colony Photo Dept. expedition camp in the Sinai; Lewis Larsson seated at left in front of tent with others

American Colony Photo Dept. expedition camp in the Sinai; Lewis Larsso...

Title and date devised by Library staff. (Source: The dream of Jerusalem, Mia Grondahl, p. 139-141; researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009; and similar Matson negative: LC-M36-1038) Photograph taken from Tarf... More

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. A halt on the way

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. A halt on the way

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh and below the junction with (Wadi Musallam and Wadi Sawawin?), looking west an... More

To Sinai via the desert. Luxurious palm grove in Wady Feiran

To Sinai via the desert. Luxurious palm grove in Wady Feiran

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) between Dier El Banat ( to the south) and Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Shebib Bedouin cemetery (to the north), where a dense palm grove covers that section of F... More

Sinai. Oasis in Wady Feiran, and Jebel Serbal

Sinai. Oasis in Wady Feiran, and Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) between Dier El Banat ( to the south) and Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Shebib Bedouin cemetery (to the north), where a dense palm grove covers that section of F... More

To Sinai via the desert. El-Buweib; natural gateway

To Sinai via the desert. El-Buweib; natural gateway

Two plates form a single stereograph view; "B" is the left side and "A" is the right side. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on neg. B: El-Buweib, natural gateway. On ne... More

Camel drinking, Sinai Mts. i.e., mountains

Camel drinking, Sinai Mts. i.e., mountains

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and to the north of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking north... More

Sinai. Junction of Wady Feiran and Wady Aleyat

Sinai. Junction of Wady Feiran and Wady Aleyat

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran at the foot of Gebel Tahuna in the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking south and showing the crown-shap... More

To Sinai via the desert. Grand view from Jebel Serbal

To Sinai via the desert. Grand view from Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from the crown-shape summit of Gebel Serbal (El Madhawwa), looking northeast and showing section of the summit from the right to the centre and the vicinity of the upstream tributary (El Loza s... More

To Sinai via the desert. The abundance of water in Wady Feiran

To Sinai via the desert. The abundance of water in Wady Feiran

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: (Rephidim) the Lar. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) somewhere in the vic... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Sheikh Abd El-Ftih

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Sheikh Abd El-Ftih

Photograph taken at Wadi El Sheikh and close to the vicinity of Tarfat El Qidarein area (?). (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh section from Watiya Pass (Muk'ad Musa or Mosses Sea... More

Sinaihalbinsel Westseite, Mündung des Wâdi Firân in die Küstenebene. 1910.

Sinaihalbinsel Westseite, Mündung des Wâdi Firân in die Küstenebene. 1...

Photograph taken from the junction of Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area with El Qa'a Plain close to the Gulf of Suez, looking west and showing the mountain range of Gebel Hadhid in the background... More

Camels at oasis, Sinai - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Camels at oasis, Sinai - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) somewhere in the vicinity of Dier El Banat and Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Shebib, where a dense palm grove covers that section of Feiran Oasis. (Source: A. Sha... More

Sinai Mts. i.e., mountains - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Sinai Mts. i.e., mountains - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran at the foot of Gebel Tahuna in the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking south and showing the crown-shap... More

To Sinai via the desert. El-Buweib; natural gateway

To Sinai via the desert. El-Buweib; natural gateway

Two plates form a single stereograph view; "B" is the left side and "A" is the right side. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on neg. B: El-Buweib, natural gateway. On ne... More

Sinai. Natural gateway of el-Buweib

Sinai. Natural gateway of el-Buweib

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh side of El Buwyb, looking northwest and showing the natural gate to Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Wady el-A'awaj

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Wady el-A'awaj

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibr... More

To Sinai via the desert. El-Medawa summit of Jebel Serbal

To Sinai via the desert. El-Medawa summit of Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from the crown-shape summit of Gebel Serbal (El Madhawwa). (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh and Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim of Amalek) were the upland sectio... More

To Sinai via the desert. Scene in Wady Feiran

To Sinai via the desert. Scene in Wady Feiran

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) somewhere to the east of the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad and the junction with Wadi A'liyat (?), where a the palm grove is less dense in that section than ot... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Diorite dyke in Wady Esh-Sheikh

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Diorite dyke in Wady E...

Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh mainstream area between Watiya Pass (Muk'ad Musa or Moses Seat) in the east and El Buwyb in the west. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh secti... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Bedouin of Sinai

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Bedouin of Sinai

Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh and close to the vicinity of Tarfat El Qidarein area (?). (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh section from Watiya Pass (Muk'ad Musa or Mosses S... More

To Sinai via the desert. Remains of early Christian structures in Wady Feiran

To Sinai via the desert. Remains of early Christian structures in Wady...

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking west and showing the extended mountain r... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Distant view of Jebel Serbal from el-Wad

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Distant view of Jebel ...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibran to the right, the square-... More

To Sinai by car. Precipitous Granite Hill N.E. of the monastery

To Sinai by car. Precipitous Granite Hill N.E. of the monastery

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Siqqat Abbas Basha to the summit of Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai), looking north and showing t... More

Sinai. Wady Feiran, Bedouin tents

Sinai. Wady Feiran, Bedouin tents

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim), possibly, downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Nakhila, El Hswa, El ... More

In the Sinai, 16th century. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.

In the Sinai, 16th century. Eric Matson public domain photograph colle...

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) somewhere in the vicinity of Di... More

To Sinai via the desert. Wady Feiran and Jebel Serbal

To Sinai via the desert. Wady Feiran and Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) between Dier El Banat ( to the south) and Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Shebib Bedouin cemetery (to the north), where a dense palm grove covers that section of F... More

To Sinai via the desert. Wady Feiran and Jebel Serbal

To Sinai via the desert. Wady Feiran and Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) between Dier El Banat ( to the south) and Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Shebib Bedouin cemetery (to the north), where a dense palm grove covers that section of F... More

2 men on camels, Sinai Mts. i.e., mountains

2 men on camels, Sinai Mts. i.e., mountains

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and to the north of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking north... More

Camels in a rocky area, Sinai? - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Camels in a rocky area, Sinai? - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibran to the right, the square-shape summit of Gebel Serbal Umm Takha and the vicinity of Wadi Wi... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Scene in Wady Dhese

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Scene in Wady Dhese

Photograph taken from Wadi Sulaf and close to the vicinity of Abu Khalil area, looking west and showing the vicinity of Wadi Feiran to the right, the crown-shape summits of Gebel Serbal in the background from t... More

Sinai. Jebel Tahuneh in Wady Feiran

Sinai. Jebel Tahuneh in Wady Feiran

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and to the north of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking north... More

Men on camel, Extinct City, Jordan

Men on camel, Extinct City, Jordan

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from Wadi Sulaf and close to the vicinity of Abu Khalil area, lookin... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Jebel Serbal seen from el-Kaa

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Jebel Serbal seen from...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibr... More

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.

To Sinai by car. Wadi Feiran. Eric Matson public domain photograph col...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi El Sheikh and close to the vicinity of (Wadi Musallam and Wadi Sawawin?), looking west a... More