Christian art and symbolism; Coptic church; Coptic church buildings; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
An inner wall of an Egyptian church is covered with various paintings. Centered and almost hidden behind a chandelier is a copy of da Vinci's "Last Supper." Other paintings represent the likenesses of Jesus, priests, and horsemen. A curtain is...
Egyptians; Coptic Church; Coptic Church. Patriarch; Clergy - clothing; Christian art and symbolism; Clothing and dress - Egypt; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Munīr al-Qamṣ Basīlīyūs 'Abd al-Masīḥ; Portraits, Group
A bishop poses with Munīr and an English teacher along with other Naj' Ḥammādī community members, possibly from the Evangelical Coptic Church of Nag Hammadi.
The codices together in the home of Maria Dattari in Garden City,(Cairo, Egypt) On the left, the Cairo leaves of Codex I, with page 50 on the top (with page 73 below, visible in the lacuna at the left). Beneath on the right are leaves of Codex...
A small parchment roll made of five leaves sewn to each other, written at right angles to the usual way, and on both sides. This crude roll dates from the 4th century, almost contemporary with Pachomius himself.
Meier, C. A. (Carl Alfred), 1903-; Portraits; Gospel of truth; Nag Hammadi codices. I; Manuscript studies
C. A. Meier, Director of the Jung Institute in Zurich, looking at the incipit of the Gospel of Truth, the Jung Codex (Nag Hammadi Codex I), papyrus page 16 with Nag Hammadi Codex I, papyrus page 15 visible on the other side.
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.
Clothing and dress - Egypt; Egyptians; Habachi, Labib, 1906-1984; Scholars
Labib Habachi and other Egyptians gather. Dr Habachi (1906-1984) was an influential Egyptian egyptologist who spent thirty years in the antiquities department of the Egyptian government, with much of that time spent participating in digs.
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.
Wall carvings inside cave T 158, the Sixth Dynasty tomb, depict part of a figure and other hieroglyphs. Major cracks run through the image of the figure.
