Discovering Palestine through its artefacts and photographs

Welcome to Palestine In History

For over two decades, one Palestinian collector has been quietly gathering the evidence of a beautiful land — antique photographs, banknotes, coins, stamps and embroidery spanning the Ottoman Empire through the British Mandate and beyond. Here, Palestine is not a political question. It is a place. Welcome. Explore the collection.

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Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem — Félix Bonfils photograph, circa 1870s