Aerial photographs; Nile River; Deserts - Egypt; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Al Qaṣr (Egypt)
Naj' Ḥammādī itself is on the left bank, on the sout-west side of the large bend of the Nile River. Al-Qaṣr (Chenoboskeia) is on the right bank, half-way down the large bend. Just north of al-Qaṣr, the light area indicates the arid,...
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...
Coptic inscriptions in Psalms cave, also called cave 8 or T8. An inscription on the back reads, "In a cave in cliff, opening lines of OT psalms, Coptic based on LXX, as aide memoire to a monk who inhabited cave in Coptic times (same caves where...
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-; Robinson, James McConkey, 1924-; Men; Women; Texts; Files (Records); Nag Hammadi codices; Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Coptic language - Papyri; Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt)
James Robinson shows the Nag Hammadi codices to Henry Kissinger. The texts are spread out on a long table before the two men. Other dignitaries stand behind the two men.
Monastery of St. Palamon (Qaṣr, Egypt); Monasteries; Nile River; Deir Anba-Balamūn (Qaṣr, Egypt)
Deir Anba-Balamūn in al-Qaṣr before the new tower was added which means this photograph was taken sometime between 1950 and 1974. The Nile River is in the foreground.
Madame Samiha 'Abd el-Shaheed, curator at the Coptic Museum, stands in a courtyard before a small garden; ornamental pillars line the walkway behind her.
Pictured are James and Anita Robinson at a site with an unidentified man. They stand before a wall carved with hieroglyphics and images of plants, animals, birds and fish.
