25 Gorgeous Pictures Of Palestine From The 19th Century

A visitor to Palestine between 1890 and 1900 would have encountered a place that looked a lot like the pastoral land described in the Bible and the Quran.

We can get a glimpse of that period through photochrom prints from the Library of Congress.

The region, which stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the River Jordan or beyond depending on interpretation, was controlled during this era by the Ottoman Empire, with increasing influence from the British.