'Abd al-Naẓīr Yāsīn 'Abd al-Raḥīm from Ḥamrah Dūm standing, with his back to the camera, at the place near which he said the jar containing the codices was buried.
Aḥmad Īsm'āīl Ḥusayn al-Sayyid is the son of Īsm'āīl who was murdered by Muḥammad 'Alī and his brothers in revenge for the murder of their father. Aḥmad Īsm'āīl Ḥusayn al-Sayyid avenged his father's murder, in turn, by shooting...
Egyptians; Coptic Church; Coptic Church. Patriarch; Clergy - clothing; Christian art and symbolism; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Munīr al-Qamṣ Basīlīyūs 'Abd al-Masīḥ; Portraits, Group
A bishop poses with Munīr and an English teacher along with other Naj' Ḥammādī community members, possibly from the Evangelical Coptic Church of Nag Hammadi.
A chunk missing from the bottom of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff shows evidence of illegal excavation in Greco-Roman cemetery where the Nag Hammadi codices were found in a jar. It is believed that Gnostic monks hid the texts in the cave as a legacy...
Children; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Egyptians; Headgear; Men's clothing; Storefronts; Buildings; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Signs and signboards
A crowd of Egyptian men gather in front of Pharmacie el-Salam. The informal headquarters of the Nag Hammadi expedition was the home of Abrām Bibāwī, who lives on the second floor just above the pharmacy operated by his brother.
