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Bedouin Woman at St. Catherine's Monastery

Exterior view showing a Bedouin woman standing by a tree, taken at St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Photo described by Charles Thayer as "a bedouin woman in her best clothes including an elaborate silver breast plate, poses in the garden of the Monastery with her young daughter." 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.

Church of St. Catherine's Monastery

Interior view of the church located in St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Ikonastas of the church of St. Catherine." 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.

St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai Peninsula

Interior view of burial monument located in St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "the dressed skeleton of a monk, guarding the Charnal House where the deceased monks of the Monastery are buried." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai Peninsula

View of a Greek Orthodox religious figure at St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "Father Nikoforus who looks after visitors, striking the wooden gong which was used before chimes were introduced to the Monastery." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai Peninsula

View of a Greek Orthodox religious figure at St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "Father Nikoforus who looks after visitors, striking the wooden gong which was used before chimes were introduced to the Monastery." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Well of Moses in Egypt

View of area described as the Well of Moses where Moses was supposed to have found sweet water for his followers after crossing the Red Sea. 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 illustration. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Car Caravan in the Desert of Sin

View of mountainous terrain showing a two-car caravan and people described by Charles Thayer in his papers as "two of our three-car-caravan in the Desert of Sin as we struck east from the Gulf of Suez into the mountains of the interior of the Sinai Peninsula." Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mr. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. The original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library photo collection.

Cottage Near Gulf of Suez

Exterior view of a house or cottage with two cars and people described in collection by Charles Thayer as a cottage at an Egyptian-Italian oil camp on the Gulf of Suez where we spent our first night. 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.