Archaeological museums and collections; Art objects; Mosaics; Egypt - Antiquities; Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt)
Artifact from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A man, possibly a pharaoh or a warrior of some sort, decorated with a large hat is illustrated on a stone. The top right corner of the photograph is slightly torn.
Archaeological museums and collections; Art objects; Egypt - Antiquities; Stone carving; Statues; Relief (Art); Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt)
Artifacts from the Coptic Museum in Cairo. A eagle is depicted in a decorative arch-shaped relief. Below, another carving portrays a man lying on a bed or couch. Possibly from a grave or tomb.
A man sits in a chair smoking a cigarette. This man was associated 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.
An unidentified Egyptian man sits 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. Photograph is blurry.
An Egyptian man, Munir, and a boy stand near a doorway. The man points to a spot on the ground that on a similar photograph was labeled, "Site of murder of Ismail."
Archaeological museums and collections; Art objects; Egypt - Antiquities; Stone carving; Portrait sculpture; Statues; Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt)
Artifact from the Coptic Museum in Cairo. A large stone figure of an Egyptian man from his waist up. The head is missing above the forehead. The figure has a long goatee and carries in his crossed arms two ankhs.
Scholars; Robinson, James McConkey, 1924-; Coptic Church; Coptic church buildings; Christian art and symbolism; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
Claremont scholar James Robinson speaking at the Evangelical Coptic Church of Naj' Ḥammādī. The man next to him translates his words into Arabic. Artwork behind the speaker's podium depicts the crucified Lord (corpus) above an open book with...