The monkish opinion is, that into this cavern the Apostle James retired during the interval between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
The Tomb of St. James in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
Category: Middle East
The Greek Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Armenian bishop has taken his place in front of the altar.
The cemetery of Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, Israel 1836.
The cemetery of Jaffa, the former Joppa. It was one of the oldest seaport cities in Israel. The Holy Land illustrated by John Carne 1836.
General view of Beirut with a wide view over the sea and Mount Lebanon.
General view of Beirut with a wide view over the sea, in the background the massifs of the Lebanon Mountains.
Alexandria the metropolis of Egypt. The Holy Land, Asia Minor illustrated.
A rainy day in Alexandria in December or January is one of the most disconsolate things in the world.
Oriental street in the Egyptian capital Cairo with the Al Azhar Mosque.
Cairo is considered the best school of ‘Arabic literature; and there is no other place in which we can obtain such a complete knowledge of the Arabs.
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, Egypt.
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, the most remarkable figure of its kind.
Jewish clothing of antiquity. Levites. Jewish high priest.
Hebrew clothing of antiquity. Garment of a Jewish high priest with the hoschen. Levites. The history of costumes. Vestments of a Jewish high priest.
Hebrew. Jewish clothing of antiquity. Levites. Jewish high priest.
The clothes of the high priests. Similarity of the Hebrew with the Egyptian priestly garb. The Ephod. The Mehil. Jewish high priest. Levites.
Egyptian overcoat. The Binish. Upper garment of scholars and priests.
The binish, like the kaftan, is spread all over the Near East. Those countries where it is chiefly worn are Egypt, W. Arabia, Syria, Asia Minor, and Turkey.