Muḥammad 'Alī stands at the site where his father was murdered in vengence. Muḥammad 'Alī's father was a night watchman who guarded irrigation equipment in the fields. On 7 May 1945 he killed a marauder while working. The next day he,...
Anita, James Robinson's wife, poses for a photograph with a man identified as Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān. Muḥammad 'Alī is credited for having discovered ancient codices in a jar buried at Jabal al-Ṭārif.
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.
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.
Muḥammad 'Alī's mother burned leaves of the Nag Hammadi codices in an outdoor oven (probably Codex XII, of which only a few fragmentary leaves remain).
Egyptians; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Nag Hammadi codices; Men's clothing; Portraits; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
Man identified as Muḥammad 'Alī of the al-Sammān clan, who is credited for having discovered ancient codices in a jar buried at Jabal al-Ṭārif. Muḥammad 'Alī and his family destroyed some of the codices found at the site.
Egyptians; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Nag Hammadi codices; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Portraits; Men's clothing
Man identified as Muḥammad 'Alī of the al-Sammān clan, who is credited for having discovered ancient codices in a jar buried at Jabal al-Ṭārif. Muḥammad 'Alī and his family destroyed some of the codices found at the site.
Egyptians; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Nag Hammadi codices; Portraits; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Men's clothing
Man identified as Muḥammad 'Alī of the al-Sammān clan, who is credited for having discovered ancient codices in a jar buried at Jabal al-Ṭārif. Muḥammad 'Alī and his family destroyed some of the codices found at the site.
Egyptians; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Nag Hammadi codices; Portraits; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
Man identified as Muḥammad 'Alī of the al-Sammān clan, who is credited for having discovered ancient codices in a jar buried at Jabal al-Ṭārif. Muḥammad 'Alī and his family destroyed some of the codices found at the site.
Egyptians; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Nag Hammadi codices; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Portraits
Man identified as Muḥammad 'Alī of the al-Sammān clan, who is credited for having discovered ancient codices in a jar buried at Jabal al-Ṭārif. Muḥammad 'Alī and his family destroyed some of the codices found at the site.
Egyptians; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Nag Hammadi codices; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Portraits
Man identified as Muḥammad 'Alī of the al-Sammān clan, who is credited for having discovered ancient codices in a jar buried at Jabal al-Ṭārif. Muḥammad 'Alī and his family destroyed some of the codices found at the site.
