Ḩamrah Dawm (Hamra Dom, Ḩamrat Dūm) is a small village in Upper Egypt near the city of Qena, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor¹. It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate. It is known for being near the Jabal al-Tarif cliff in which the Gnostic Gospels of the Nag Hammadi library were found by Mohammed Ali Samman in December 1945².

Coordinates: 26°6′0″N 32°20′0″E / 26.1, 32.33333

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See also

• Nag Hammadi library
• Nag Hammâdi

External links

• [1] Nag Hammadi library
• [2] GNS official US names database
• [3] Discovery of the manuscripts

References

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