Scholars L to R: Antoine Guillaumont; Selim Hassan, Egyptologist Consultant to Minister of Education; Murād Kāmil, professor at Cairo University; Henri-Charles Puech; Pahor Labib; Ḥishmat Misīḥah, curator of the Coptic Museum; Abbas...
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.
Cliff of Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large landform on the Nile River near Naj' Ḥammādī. The surrounding plains and landscape are in the foreground, while Egyptians and their animals work near the site.
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...
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.
Basilios; Abd el-Bakir Yussef; Drioton, Étienne, 1889-1961; Labib, Pahor; Doresse, Jean, 1917-; Doresse, Marianne; Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt); Portraits, Group
Father Basilios (with back to camera), Abd el-Bakir Yussef (behind potted plant), Abbé Drioton, Pahor Labib, Jean Doresse and Marianne Doresse in the Coptic Museum's garden.
Abrām Bibāwī, Bibāwī's brother, and others pose in front of the Pharmacie al-Salam, owned by Bibāwī's brother. The apartment on the second floor served as the informal headquarters of the Nag Hammadi expedition.
Muḥammad 'Alī, discoverer of the Nag Hammadi codices, pictured with inhabitants of the town and Abrām Bibāwī, who brought Claremont scholar James Robinson in contact with Muḥammad 'Alī.
Egyptians; Camels; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
Abrām Bibāwī sits on a camel next to inhabitants of Naj' Ḥammādī, the town nearest to Jabal al-Ṭārif and the discovery site of the Nag Hammadi codices.
