The guard of the Antiquities Department, 'Abd al-Majīd Muḥammad Badārī, pointing out the stone under which he said the jar with the codices was buried.
Abd el-Bakir Yussef; Doresse, Marianne; Doresse, Jean, 1917-; Drioton, Étienne, 1889-1961; Labib, Pahor; Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt); Portraits, Group
From left to right: Abd el-Bakir Yussef, Marianne Doresse, Abbé Étienne Drioton, Father Basilios, Pahor Labib, and Jean Doresse in the Coptic Museum's garden.
Aerial photographs; Nile River; Deserts - Egypt; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Al Qaṣr (Egypt)
Naj' Ḥammādī itself is on the left bank, on the sout-west side of the large bend of the Nile River. Al-Qaṣr (Chenoboskeia) is on the right bank, half-way down the large bend. Just north of al-Qaṣr, the light area indicates the arid,...
Animals; Children; Deserts - Egypt; Egyptians; Nature; Nile River; Plants; Trees
Child rides a donkey on a path near oasis. Lush greenery and plants fill the scene, and mountains appear in the background. An inscription on the back reads, "Oasis created by bend in Nile near Chenoboskion with Gebel et-Tarif in background." A...
Water wheel used for raising water from the canal to the level of irrigation ditches in the field. It faces west toward Jabal al-Ṭārif, the site of the Nag Hammadi dig.
