354 4th century Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Head from Chios, Greek, 4th century, B.C.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sinai. Wilderness of Shur. Exodus 15:22

Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez at one of the coastal or inland plains(?), possibly ... More

Sinai, Egypt, Israel, Matson photograph collection

Photograph taken from Farsh Abu Sila at the southeastern end of Naqb El Hawa and at the junction with El Raha Plain (Biblical encampment of the Israelites) and Wadi Bougiyeh (Naqb Abu Sila), looking southeast ... More

Sinai. Interior of the famous library Monastery of St. Catherine Ameri...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Identified as Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. The library of Saint Catherine Monas... More

Sinaikloster Klostergarten. Im Hintergrunde die Ebene er Râḥa. 1910.

Photograph taken from top of the northwestern wall of Saint Catherine Monastery in the central area of Wadi El Dier (Biblical Holy Valley), looking northwest and showing the mountain slopes of Gebel 'Arribeh an... More

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

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

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

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. Near view of one of the Springs of Moses

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. 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... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. The garden of the mona...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: The garden of the monastery with Wady Er-Raha. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negative... More

The stone gate halfway up Mt. Sinai

Several men, most with rifles, near stone arched gate over mountain pass. J177975 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: Centuries ago there used to be a monk placed at this gate to pass only those who were ... More

Chapel of the convent of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai Feby 21st 1839...

Painting drawn at the narthex at the original 6th century CE inner door, looking east and showing the nave of the basilica. (A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Saint Catherine Monastery was constructed b... More

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

Sinai, Egypt Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from the central section of Wadi Isla at the junction with Wadi Muwajid, looking north and showing the pointed tooth-shape summits of Gebel Umm Shoumar in the far ho... More

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

Sinaihalbinsel Westseite, ʻAjûn Mûsā (Mosesquellen), südöstlich von Su...

Plate 100 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff. Photograph taken from Sinai's wester... More

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

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Cover of the most priz...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Cover of the most prized manuscript. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with nei... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Pilgrim's steps and th...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Pilgrim's steps and the second gate. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzant... More

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

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 304. Similar to lantern slide W7-143. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gu... More

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

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

Siricius I PP Romanus, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Saint Siricius, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, with inset of coat of arms. Reproduction of drawing(?). Copyright by J. William Gnecchi.

To Sinai by car. Pilgrims' steps and the wicket gate. Descent from Geb...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzantine monastic and pilgrimage naqb to the summit of Mount Si... More

Sinai. Palm grove at el Wad - Egypt

Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from the central section of El Qa'a Plain to the north El Tur on Sinai's western coast on the Gulf ... More

Breakwater 'Bug' Light built in 1875, Portland, Maine

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The most elegant of all Maine's lighthouses, it was mod... More

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

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

Chapel of Elijah on Mount Horeb Feby 20th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.

Painting drawn inside the chapel of Elijah (Elias), showing the Grotto of Elias behind the apse. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Prophet Elijah spent 40 days and nights in a cave on Mount Ho... More

Ascent to the summit of Sinai Feby 20th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.

Painting drawn at Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzantine monastic and pilgrimage naqb to the summit of Gebel Musa (Biblical Mount Sinai) below the lower stone gate, looking southwest and showing the rock steps ... More

Sinaihalbinsel Hochebene er Râḥa nördlich vom Sinaikloster; nach der T...

Photograph taken from the central vicinity of EL Raha Plain (Biblical encampment of the Israelites), looking northwest and showing the twin summits of Gebel Umm Gelekh to the right, from a 2km distance where E... More

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 via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Church of Transfigurat...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Church of Transfiguration. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighboring n... More

Sinai. Interior of the Church of the Transfiguration Monastery of St. ...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Identified as Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. Photograph taken from the narthex at... More

Aphrodite marble, Greek - Public domain monumental decor print

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of 4th century B.C. marble head in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 138. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

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

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), s... More

Oasis in Sinai desert near Suez

Title on photograph: Oasis near ancient Memphis - Egypt. Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 304. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Photograph taken from Sinai's... More

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

Sinai. Wady Isleh, Grand Canyon

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Similar image in LOT 13847, p. 99, no. 49 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18419) Photograph taken from the downstream area of Wadi ... More

Sinai. Caravan at el-Wad preparing to cross the desert. American Colon...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Photograph taken from the central section of El Qa'a Plain to the north El Tur on Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez, showing th... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. The famous library Mon...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: The famous library. Identified as the Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers.... More

Sinai, the ascent to Jebel Mousa

Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzantine monastic and pilgrimage ... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Halt at the wells of e...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken from the central section of El Qa'a Plain to the north El Tur on Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez, showing the vicini... More

Sinaihalbinsel Oase Ḥuḍr. 1914.

Plate 89 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff. Photograph taken from Wadi Hudra (Bib... More

The convent of St. Catherine Mount Sinai looking towards the plain of ...

Painting drawn at the upstream area of Wadi El Dier, looking northwest and showing the mountain slopes of Gebel 'Arribeh, Gebel El Dier (Selib-Baraka) and Gebel Meraja and the mountain mass of Gebel El Sana' to... More

Approach to Mount Sinai Wady Barah Feby 17th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A...

Painting drawn at Farsh Abu Sila at the southeastern end of Naqb El Hawa and at the junction with El Raha Plain (Biblical encampment of the Israelites) and Wadi Bougiyeh (Naqb Abu Sila), looking southeast and s... More

Jebel Musa (Mt. Sinai). Elijah's hollow American Colony, Jerusalem

(Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) Photograph taken from the northern junction of Fash Elijah (Elias) and Siqqat Sydina Musa the Byzantine monastic and pilgrimage naqb to the summit of Mount Si... More

In the Sinai, Israel, Matson photograph collection

Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzantine monastic and pilgrimage naqb to the summit of Mount Sinai (Biblical Sinai) and above the spring of Symeon or Saint Sangarius (Kontarai or Ma'ien El J... More

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

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

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Pilgrim's steps and th...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Pilgrim's steps and the first gate. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzanti... More

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

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken somewhere from Wadi Sulaf mainstream area between El Buwyb in the west and Sheihk Awad in the east. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai P... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. View of Valley with mo...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: View of valley with monastery, from Jebel Munajah. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the summit of Gebel M... More

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

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

In the Sinai, Israel, Matson photograph collection

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzantine monastic and pilgrimage ... More

Sinai. Interior of the Church of the Tranfiguration at the Monastery o...

Title and date based on caption for similar image (LC-M36-1026). Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On box label: Duplicates. Use 8 x 10 paper on e... More