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,...
Water wheel used for raising water from the canal to the level of irrigation ditches in the field. It faces west toward Jabal al-Ṭārif, the site of the Nag Hammadi dig.
Ancient writing, perhaps Demotic, on a small stone from the Nag Hammadi excavation site. The stone is shown here next to a measuring device. A label at the bottom of the image reads "NH 75-29".
Arabic writing on a small stone from the Nag Hammadi excavation site. The stone is shown here next to a measuring device. A label at the bottom of the image reads "NH 75-2".
'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.
Site identified by Jean Doresse's pictures as the site of the find. The arrow points to the position under the fallen boulder that Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān identified as the site of his discovery.
Basilica of St. Pachomius (Fāw Qiblī, Egypt); Fāw Qiblī (Egypt); Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Columns; Ruins; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Archaeological surveying; Robinson, James McConkey, 1924-
James M. Robinson stands among the ruins of the Basilica of St. Pachomius at Fāw Qiblī, with the Jabal al-Ṭārif in the background, during a survey of the site.
Picture taken from a hill overlooking what appears to be an excavated archaeological site. Several buildings carved from the rock face are in view; Israel.
