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View of Tiberias in Galilee, which, according to a certain tradition, Jesus Christ visited often as a child.

View of city near Tiberias. According to the author, it is the biblical city of Betulia.

View of the outfall of river Jordan into the Sea of Galilee.

Settlement on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, according to the author the biblical city of Bethsaida, native place of Apostles Philip, Peter and Andrew.

View of the ruined city of Trista in the Holy Land, possibly modern-day Al-Tira outside Haifa. View of Bethany.

Remains of castle on the outskirts of Bethany, supposed house of Mary Magdalene. Fortress outside Bethany, called “Red Tower” (Torre Rossa) due to the many massacres which had taken place there. Site outside Bethany where Jesus wept when he heard of Lazarus' death from Mary Magdalene.

View of the Red Sea.

Costumes from the regions of Nazareth and Nablus.

Prisoners condemned to hard labour, at the castle of Acre. Among them, the governor of a local village, who has been found guilty of embezzlement.

Maronite costumes from the Holy Land.

A market in Jerusalem.

Reconstruction of Salomon's temple in Jerusalem.

The Aedicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.

The Calvary Chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.

The cave of Jeremiah in Jerusalem, with reconstruction of the prophet's tomb. The city of Jerusalem in the background.

A sarcophagus from the Tombs of the Kings complex outside Jerusalem.

A Turkish man from Acre (today in Israel). A Muslic woman of the desert, of Arabic ethnicity.

Plan of the Aedicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. The first room of the Aedicule (chapel of the Angel's Stone), seen from the entrance to the Aedicule.

External view of the chapel of the Aedicule (Holy Sepulchre and chapel of the Angel's Stone). Section of the two champers of the Aedicule (Holy Sepulchre and chapel of the Angel's Stone).