First season of the excavation at the Jabal al-Ṭārif. From left to right: (seated), Hans-Åke Nordström, James M. Robinson (principal American director), Torgny Säve-Söderbergh (field director), Stephen Emmel; (standing), C. Wilfrid Griggs,...
James Robinson stands under a tree near Jabal al-Ṭārif with a group of people. The group is performing a magnetometer-resistivity survey in the shade of a tree. A car is parked under the tree and a jeep belonging to Hānī al-Zaynī is nearby.
Deserts; Desert soils; Rocks; Photography of Rocks; Men; Church buildings; Landscapes; Landscapes - Egypt
Postcard of the Egyptian desert with a church in the background. Figures are visible walking away from the camera. This postcard was made from a photograph by James Robinson and his family.
Anita Robinson stands at the foot of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff, where the Nag Hammadi codices were found. Jabal al-Ṭārif is located along the Nile River near the Egyptian town of Naj' Ḥammādī.
Two jars excavated from the Basilica of St. Pachomius are reconstructed in the sand. These are the same kind of jars in which the Nag Hammadi codices were buried.
