Russian Pilgrims in the Desert on the Way to Sinai in the Holy Land.

12/23/15
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Russian Pilgrims in the Sinai desert 1920s.

Russian Pilgrims in the Desert on the Way to Sinai.

Pilgrimage of Russian believers traveling in a caravan in the Holy Land through the desert of the Sinai.

Source: Picturesque Palestine, Arabia, & Syria;: The country, the people and the landscape, by Karl Grober (1885-1945). Publisher: Brentano New York 1925. Photogravure.

Illustration, damasks, ornament

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The Holy Land. Jerusalem from the road leading to Bethany.
Historical views of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.
Jerusalem from the South. The city’s various conquests.
View of the Damascus Gate, leading into Jerusalem.
The Church of the Purification at Jerusalem. The Holy Land 1839.
View of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, by Ermete Pierotti.
The Upper Fountain of Siloam. Valley of Jehosophat.
Lower Pool of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat.
Bethlehem. Historical views and description of its sites in the 19th century.
The Tomb of St. James in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
The Holy Land. Hebron one of the oldest cities in the world.
The Greek Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.
Convent of Mar Saba. The Holy Laura of Saint Sabbas. Palestine.
The largest of the cedars of Lebanon. Mount Lebanon.
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Jaffa, ancient Joppa, as the chief harbour of Judaea.
Hebron. The Cave of Machpelah. Oriental and Sacred Scences.
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The Holy Land. Jerusalem from the road leading to Bethany.
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The Pool of Bethesda, or Probatic Pool at Jerusalem.
The cemetery of Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, Israel 1836.
The Mosque of Omar, on the Ancient Site of the Temple at Jerusalem.
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The Pyramids of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Cheops.
The Pool of Bethesda, or Probatic Pool at Jerusalem.
The Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, by David Roberts.
The Approach to the Island of Philae, Egypt, from the North.
Ancient citadel of the Jebusites. Jerusalem Explored.
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