Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt: A Photographic Essay
- ISBN-10
- 1588391094
- ISBN-13
- 9781588391094
- Category
- Photography
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Author
- Helen C. Evans
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