RUINS IN THE GORGE OF THE WADI KELT THE VALLEY OF ACHOR. THIS WADI WAS THE TRIBAL BOUNDARY ...

Place Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Wady Kelt
Accession Number 004050
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine
Date made 10 November 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

RUINS IN THE GORGE OF THE WADI KELT THE VALLEY OF ACHOR. THIS WADI WAS THE TRIBAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN BENJAMIN & JUDAH. THE RUIN IN THE LOWER PART OF PICTURE IS AN ANCIENT AQUEDUCT THAT CARRIED WATER TO EARLY CHRISTIAN MONASTERIES. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).