In autumn 1904, German theologist and archaeologist Nikolaus Müller (1857-1912) had the opportunity to visit, for the third time, the Jewish catacombe of Venosa. During his long stay, he was able to make numerous photographs not only within the catacombe, but also in every locality in southern Italy where, to his knowledge, Jewish enrolments were kept. After the sudden death of Müller, all this material, together with many other photographs taken in Rome during the same period, was almost forgotten. The original plates, which only emerged in Berlin in the last decade of the 20th century, were thus secured at Humboldt-Univesität. The announcement of the discovery was given by Peter Welten in introductory articles, so the images of the Jewish catacombe in Monteverde in Rome were studied and published in 2013 by Daniela Rossi and Marzia Di mento. The remaining images from southern Italy, many of which seemingly not easy to identify, remained unprecedented. In this article, a first selection is presented: these are the first photographic images currently known by the Jewish Catacomba of Venosa. Compared with the current situation, the importance of this for knowledge and preservation of the site and epigraphs is highlighted, most of which have deteriorated or have been lost in the meantime. Nikolaus Müller and the First Photographs of the Jewish Catacombs of Venosa In the Autumn of 1904, the German theologian and archaeologist Nikolaus Müller (1857-1912) had the unity to visit, for the third time, the Jewish catacombs of Venosa. During his Prolonged stay in the town, he was able to take many photographs in the catacomb, and he did not the same in various other sites in southern Italy where ancient Jewish epitaphs, to the best of his knowledge, were kept. After Müller’s Suden death, all this material, along with a number of photographs he had been taken in this same period in Rome, was almost forgotten. The original glass plates re-emerged in Berlin only in the last decade of the 20th century, and were profoundly covered and restated to the Humboldt-Univesität. Their discovery was noted by Peter Welten in a series of introduction articles and the photographs relating to the Jewish Catacombs of Monteverde in Rome were studied and published in 2013 in full in a volume edited by Daniela Rossi and Marzia Di mento. The retention of images from southern Italy, not all ways easy to live, maintained, however, virally unknown. This article presents a selection of the photographs taken by Müller in Venosa, the earliest-known Photographic images of the site, and specify their merits as points of comparison to the current condition of ancient epitaphs still in the site, most of which in the meantime have deteriorated seriously or are now missing or destroyed.