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.
Without understanding the significance of his discovery, Muhammed Ali's mother purportedly burned part of the Nag Hammadi codices in an oven similar to this one on her patio.
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).
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).
Munīr saw the codices as a child in the home of his father al-Qamṣ Basīlīyūs and led James M. Robinson to Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān, Rāghib Andarāwus al-Qiss 'Abd al-Sayyid and Salib 'Abd al-Masīḥ.
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The widowed mother of Muḥammad 'Alī. She burned leaves of the Nag Hammadi codices in an outdoor oven (probably Codex XII, of which only a few fragmentary leaves remain).
Bottom of the Graeco-Roman polished red ware bowl of the fifth century C. E., used as the lid of the jar in which the Nag Hammadi codices were secreted. Acquired from Salib 'Abd al-Masīḥ at Chenoboskeia (al-Qaṣr). Salib received the bowl from...
Graeco-Roman polished red ware bowl of the fifth century C. E., used as the lid of the jar in which the Nag Hammadi codices were secreted. Acquired from Salib 'Abd al-Masīḥ at Chenoboskeia (al-Qaṣr). Salib received the bowl from Khalīfah Alī...
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).
Site identified by Jean Doresse's pictures as the site of the find. The arrow points to the position under the fallen boulder that Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān identified as the site of his discovery.
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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.
At Qaṣr, 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 cliff.
Muḥammad 'Alī, discoverer of the Nag Hammadi codices, pictured with inhabitants of the town and Abrām Bibāwī (dressed in a suit), who brought Claremont scholar James Robinson in contact with 'Alī.
Muḥammad ʿAlī, discoverer of the Nag Hammadi codices, pictured with inhabitants of the town of Naj' Ḥammādī and Abrām Bibāwī (dressed in a suit), who brought Claremont scholar James Robinson in contact with ʿAlī.
