WADI KELT - HERE IS SHOWN THE WATER-COURSE WHICH FOR YEARS HAVE CARRIED WATER TO THE VARIOUS ...

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Accession Number 004122
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Wady Kelt
Date made 10 November 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WADI KELT - HERE IS SHOWN THE WATER-COURSE WHICH FOR YEARS HAVE CARRIED WATER TO THE VARIOUS MONASTERIES ETC., BUILT IN THIS AND SIMILAR SECLUDED SPOTS. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO HAVE FED THE WATER SUPPLY OF JERICHO. NOTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD COURSE OF STONES & THE NEW.