Photos: ‘In Search of Biblical Lands’
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The Western Wall in Jerusalem in the 1880s (Maison Bonfils / Ken and Jenny Jacobson orientalist photography collection)
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Bedouin man, 1904
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Monastery of St. Catherine, with Jebel Músá in the background, 1869
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[For the Record, March 29: An earlier version of this caption referred to the monastery as the Convent of St. Katherine.] (Sgt. James M. McDonald / J. Paul Getty Museum)
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An encampment of Western tourists outside Jerusalem in the 1880s
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St. Stephen’s Gate in Jerusalem in the 1880s
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“Femmes de Siloé,” 1867-70
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Pool of Hezekias, 1880s
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