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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

    Expedition to the Dead Sea, Petra, and the Left Bank of the Jordan River

    • Louis Vignes (1831-1896)

    Biblical archaeological sites and natural formations of the eastern Mediterranean, documented during the 1864 Duc de Luynes’ scientific expedition.

    Camp at Jenin

    Expedition to the Dead Sea, Petra, and the Left Bank of the Jordan River

    • Louis Vignes (1831-1896)

    Biblical archaeological sites and natural formations of the eastern Mediterranean, documented during the 1864 Duc de Luynes’ scientific expedition.

    Camp at Jenin
    Nablus and the Base of Mount Gerizim
    Djerash - View of the Temple of Jupiter
    View from the Heights of Bethel, Toward the Dead Sea
    Port of Tyre
    Camp at Jenin
    Petra, Al Khazneh
    Djerash - Arch of Triumph
    Cave of Astarte, Syrian Coast
    Manfaieh
    Arak-el-Emir
    Aïn Musa at the Foot of Mount Nebo
    Djerash - Temple of the South and Its Column
    Partial View of Rachaya and Mount Hermon
    Petra
    One of the Sources and Valley of the Nahr-el-Kelb
    Apple or Lemon of Sodom - Engaddi Near the Spring
    Valley of the Nahr-el-Kelb
    Petra, Al Dier
    Ruined Sanctuary at the Summit of Jebel Musa
    The Holy Sepulchre
    Arak-el-Amir
    Semuah
    Cave Above the Source of the Nahr-el-Kelb
    Nablus and the Bases of Mounts Gerizim and Ebal
    Djerash - General View Taken from the Temple of the South
    Petra
    Semuah
    Mount Gerizim at Nablus

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