Photo of the week
Jerusalem's City Wall and Mosque of Omar, 1857.
Jerusalem's City Wall and Mosque of Omar, captured by photographer Francis Frith in 1857. The image, which shows a man in loose robes and headdress on a path between a high wall and cactus covered bank, forms part of the Printed Books collection within the University's Special Collections. The image was published in the book 'Egypt and Palestine Photographed and Described'. (Photo: Special Collections, credit rfDT54-F8-vol1-28)