Photo-album by Shmuel Yosef Schweig (1902-1983) documenting the activity of the [ca. 1956] archaeological research delegation to Sinai headed by Prof. Binyamin Mazar, which researched Sinai and the Santa Caterina (Saint Catherine) Monastery.
Amongst the photographs: the Santa Caterina monastery, the delegation with the head of the monastery, Professors Polotsky, Mazar and Ben Horin in the monastery library, an ancient manuscript leaf from the monastery library, and more. The album was presented as a gift to Israel Fogel, Schweig's friend, with a handwritten dedication by Schweig, "…in memory of a non-military operation…", dated 1958. At the end of the album: Photographs: S.Y. Schweig, Jerusalem." Eleven 17x12cm photographs and a photographed map (two photographs are missing). Very good condition. Album 28cm, good condition.