Historic sites

View of the Ramses II temple located in Nubia (southern Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of the Nefertari's temple located in Nubia (southern Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of Abu Simbel or Nubian monuments ruins located in Nubia (southern Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of Nefertari's temple located at Abu Simbel in Nubia (southern Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Monument carved during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II in 13th century BC and moved in 1960s because of the construction of the Aswan Dam. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of the Ramses II temple located in the ancient Wawat in Nubia (Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of the Ramses II temple located in the ancient Abu Simbel in Nubia (southern Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of a portion of St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Scene described by Charles Thayer as "the interior of the Monastery. On the right the long gallery shows the visitors' quarters where we stayed for several days." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Hillside view of St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the collection of the Harry S. Truman Library.

View of the road which leads to St. Catherine's Monastery seen in the distance. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Monastery from the road approaching it from the west." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the collection of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Hillside view of St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.