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...
A member of the Nag Hammadi excavation team identified on the reverse side of the photograph as Shaker Abd El-Jhaffar poses below Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
Rocks; Deserts; Photography of Rocks; Landscapes - Egypt
A view of the Egyptian desert. A person sits on a small rise while the shadow of the photographer is visible in the foreground. 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.
Before excavation, the caves were almost hidden by talus and rubble at the base of Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large cliff on the Nile River near Naj' Ḥammādī. The Nag Hammadi codices were discovered buried in talus, a collection of sediment blown by...
