The land flowing with milk and honey ~

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

A glimpse of this era is preserved through photochrom prints from the Library of Congress.
We invite you to put aside your political views (note: we've turned off comments) and enjoy these vintage pictures of "the land flowinJerusalem grew rapidly in the 19th century, with a new city constructed outside of the old city walls.