Philip Hammond with other Nag Hammadi diggers in the rocky desert below Jabal al-Ṭārif work on a stone trench area. This was taken during season one of the dig.
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.
Figures of ancient Egyptians cooking with a cauldron. The images appear amongst hieroglyphs carved on a cave wall. The cave in which this carving is located is not specified, but it is one of the many located at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif...