Mekka. Ansicht der heiligen Moschee vom Ostminaret. Im Vordergrund das Zemezemhaus, dahinter die Ka'ba – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Mekka. Ansicht der heiligen Moschee vom Ostminaret. Im Vordergrund das Zemezemhaus, dahinter die Ka'ba. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mekka. Ansicht der heiligen Moschee vom Ostminaret. Im Vordergrund das Zemezemhaus, dahinter die Ka'ba
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Taken from the east minaret of the Holy Mosque in Mecca, this view puts the Zamzam house, which shelters the sacred well of Zamzam, in the foreground, with the Kaaba rising behind it. The print is by the photographer B. Moritz and appears as No. 76 in a portfolio of views from Palestine, northern Arabia and the Sinai, published in Berlin by Dietrich Riemer in 1916. Non-Muslims were barred from Mecca, so photographs of the sanctuary from this period were rare, and this vantage point shows the mosque's layout and architecture in the years before the First World War.
| Created / published | [ca. 1914] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by B. Moritz. No. 76 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. This record contains partially verified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Religion; Mosques; Gates. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,024 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157750 |
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