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Men riding camels near Bethlehem, c.1898-1946

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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:53 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Natalia Garcia, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris

This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress.

The image depicts three men dressed in traditional Bedouin attire riding camels near Bethlehem. The photograph appears to have been staged to recreate the scene of the three wise men making their way to Bethlehem.

This image exists as part of the Nativity Scenes collection within the Library of Congress project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

History

Project

https://figshare.com/projects/Library_of_Congress/26557

Collection

https://doi.org/10.25377/sussex.c.4260695

Creator

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

Contributors

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Date

c.1898-1946

Source

Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Prints & Photographs Division, reproduction number: LC-DIG-matpc-11931 (digital file from original photo)

Language

English

Spatial

31.7053996,35.1936877

Spatial Relation

Bethlehem

Identifier

pb_lc_bpe_c18980000-0005aa.tiff

Rights

Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.

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Keywords

Nativity Scenes collection Bethlehem camels Biblical gaze Nativity scene Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history

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CC BY 4.0

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