Animals; Children; Deserts - Egypt; Egyptians; Nature; Nile River; Plants; Trees
Child rides a donkey on a path near oasis. Lush greenery and plants fill the scene, and mountains appear in the background. An inscription on the back reads, "Oasis created by bend in Nile near Chenoboskion with Gebel et-Tarif in background." A...
Palms; Water; Landscapes; Nature; Nile River; Landscapes - Egypt
A view of palm trees standing near bodies of water. Power lines are visible in the background. This postcard was made from a photograph by James Robinson and his family.
Cliff of Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large landform on the Nile River near Naj' Ḥammādī. The surrounding plains and landscape are in the foreground, while Egyptians and their animals work near the site.
Archaeological sites; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Rocks; Stone
Excavations near the stone identified by the guard of the Antiquities Department, 'Abd al-Majīd Muḥammad Badārī, as the stone under which the jar with the codices was buried.
'Abd al-Naẓīr Yāsīn 'Abd al-Raḥīm from Ḥamrah Dūm standing, with his back to the camera, at the place near which he said the jar containing the codices was buried.
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,...
This is a fairly well known Christian burial shroud from Oxyrhynchus with a Greek inscription that parallels a portion of Gospel of Thomas saying 5: "Jesus says, There is nothing buried that will not be raised.' " A couple points are especially...
James Robinson stands under a tree near Jabal al-Ṭārif with a group of people. The group is performing a magnetometer-resistivity survey in the shade of a tree. A car is parked under the tree and a jeep belonging to Hānī al-Zaynī is nearby.
A view of palm trees standing near bodies of water. Power lines are visible in the background. This postcard was made from a photograph by James Robinson and his family.
