Hans-Åke Nordström, a member of the 1975 Nag Hammadi excavation team, surveys the land leading up to the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff with a leveling instrument.
Figures of ancient Egyptian people and animals carved into a cave wall. The cave in which this carving is located is not specified, but it is one of the many located at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff. From a Sixth Dynasty tomb.
A gathering of Nag Hammadi scholars. From left to right, they are: Labib Habachi, Säve-Söderbergh, Abrām Bibāwī, and Sadi Hassan Afani. The woman between Bibāwī and Sadi on the right is unidentified.
Figure of an ancient Egyptian carved into the wall of cave T 66, one of the many caves located at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff. From a Sixth Dynasty tomb.
Christian art and symbolism; Coptic church; Coptic church buildings; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
An inner wall of an Egyptian church is covered with various paintings. Centered and almost hidden behind a chandelier is a copy of da Vinci's "Last Supper." Other paintings represent the likenesses of Jesus, priests, and horsemen. A curtain is...
Scholars; Robinson, James McConkey, 1924-; Egyptians
Claremont scholar James Robinson inserting film into a polaroid camera. Egyptian historian Raghib Andrawus al-Qas 'Abd al-Sayyid' (right) and an unnamed Egyptian are also pictured.
Claremont scholar James Robinson with Rāghib Andarāwus al-Qiss 'Abd al-Sayyid, an Egyptian historian known for first sending the Nag Hammadi codices to the Coptic Museum in Cairo.
Claremont scholar James Robinson with Rāghib Andarāwus al-Qiss 'Abd al-Sayyid, an Egyptian historian known for first sending the Nag Hammadi codices to the Coptic Museum in Cairo.
Three figures carved into a cave wall. The cave in which this carving is located is not specified, but it is one of the many located at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
Robinson, James McConkey, 1924-; Rāghib Andarāwus al-Qiss 'Abd al-Sayyid; Portraits, Group
Rāghib Andarāwus al-Qiss 'Abd al-Sayyid narrating the story to James M. Robinson. Rāghib Andarāwus al-Qiss 'Abd al-Sayyid is an Egyptian historian known for first sending the Nag Hammadi codices to the Coptic Museum in Cairo.
Figure of an ancient Egyptian carved into the wall of a cave. The cave in which this carving is located is not specified, but it is one of the many located at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
Figures carved into a cave wall. The cave in which this carving is located is not specified, but it is one of the many located at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
