Agnes & Margaret Smith
Scottish Explorers of the Ancient Biblical World
Agnes Smith Lewis, Ph.D., D.D., Litt.D., LL.D., M.R.A.S. (1901); Agnes is 58 Years Old
Margaret Dunlop Gibson, D.D., Litt.D., LL.D., M.R.A.S. (1901); Margaret is 58 Years Old
Portrait of Agnes Smith Lewis at Westminster College, Cambridge, England
Portrait of Margaret Smith at Westminster College, Cambridge, England
Agnes and Margaret’s Childhood Home in Irvine, Scotland
William Bruce Robertson, Agnes and Margaret’s Influential Childhood Presbyterian Pastor who Introduced Them to the Archaeology of the Holy Land
Agnes in Greek Costume in Athens During Her Visit to Greece with Margaret and Grace in 1883
Agnes Smith (date unknown)
James Young Gibson - Margaret Married James in 1883
Samuel Savage Lewis - Agnes Married Samuel in 1887
Map of the Sinai Peninsula
The Place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, where it is Believed that Jesus Was Crucified
The Tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
The Greek Altar in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The “Wells of Moses” in the Sinai
Interior of the Kykkos Monastery in Cypress
Panoramic Photo of St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mount Sinai
St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mount Sinai
St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mount Sinai
Photo Taken By Margaret of St. Catherine’s Monastery (center) on the Day They Climbed Mount Sinai
A Page from the Sinaitic Syriac Palimpsest Discovered by Agnes and Now Known as the Lewis Codex. This Page is of Matthew XXV, 12-27. The Underwriting (i.e., a Portion of the Gospel of Matthew), Can Be Seen in the Right-Hand Margin
Photo Taken By Margaret of Monks in the Courtyard of St. Catherine’s Monastery
One of Their Porters with Some of Their Food (i.e., Chickens) on a Camel
Margaret’s Sketch of St. Catherine’s Monastery
The Entourage En Route Back to St. Catherine’s (1893). Left to right: Persis Burkitt, Mrs. Bensly, Agnes, Rendel Harris, and Ahmed
Agnes Applying the Reagent to the Palimpsest at St. Catherine’s Monastery (1893)
Agnes and Brother Euthymios (their Guide)
Brother Euthymios
Father Galakteon at St. Catherine’s (1892)
Galakteon (now Prior) with Bensly (wearing Fez) and Burkitt; Galakteon Died Two Weeks After the Party Left Sinai
Prophyrios, Archbishop of Mount Sinai, on One of His Visits to St. Catherine’s (1895)
The Monks’ Cells at St. Catherine’s Monastery
The Lewis Codex in its “Showcase of Honour” in St. Catherine’s Library, Displayed by Father Nicodemus, Galakteon’s Successor as Librarian (1895)
Mountains Near St. Catherine’s Monastery
Agnes in the Sinai (date unknown)
Maggie on a Camel in the Sinai (date unknown)
Margaret with Father Nicodemus and Unknown Scholar on Her Last Visit to St. Catherine’s (1906)
Agnes in the Robes of Her Final Doctorate, Trinity College, Dublin (1911)
Agnes and Margaret on Commemoration Day at Westminster College (ca 1914)
The Twins (left) with their Niece (top right) and Husband & Daughter, in a Mock Studio Biplane (ca. 1914)
Castebrae, Chesterton Lane: the Twins’ Cambridge Home
Professor Robert Bensly
Dr. J. Rendel Harris
Professor Francis Burkitt, towards the End of His Career (ca. 1930)
Persis Burkitt (Francis’ Wife)
Solomon Schechter