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).
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.
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).
Member of the Nag Hammadi excavation team, identified on the reverse side of the photograph as Jad Ahmed Moh Tuhamu, poses for a picture below Jabal al-Ṭārif.