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Oasis of Feran in the Sinai Peninsula

2008-1211-11
Accession Number
2008-1211-11
1x1.5
Color
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NAID 350477022
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Mountains
Water
HST Keywords
Egypt; Oasis of Feran; Sinai Peninsula
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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
View which contains a mountain in the background, a desert oasis and three people in the foreground. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Oasis of Feran, in ancient times the Oasis of Phiduin, where the children of Israel fought for the water rights with the Malakites." Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Date(s)
March 1961