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  • Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān at Jabal al-Ṭārif
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    Talus (Geology); Formations (Geology); Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān
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    Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān stands on the talus at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff and points out site SE of T 75 where the hieroglyph cave is covered by landslide.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Anita Weisbrod Robinson and others at Jabal al-Ṭārif
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    Cliffs; Talus (Geology); Egyptians; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Robinson, Anita Weisbrod; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
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    Anita Robinson and other Egyptian workers excavating the area around Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large landform on the Nile River near Naj' Ḥammādī.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Site of the discovery
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    Boulders; Cliffs; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology)
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    The site of the discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices beneath the shaded northern flank of the broken boulder on the talus of the cliff.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Site of the discovery
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    Boulders; Cliffs; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology)
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    The site of the discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices beneath the shaded northern flank of the broken boulder on the talus of the cliff.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān in al-Qaṣr
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    Qaṣr (Egypt); Portraits; Formations (Geology); Monasteries; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Deir Anba-Balamūn (Qaṣr, Egypt); Monastery of St. Palamon (Qaṣr, Egypt); Muḥammad 'Alī Khalīfah al-Sammān
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    In the background the Deir Anba-Balamūn (Monastery of St. Palamon) is on the right and the Jabal al-Ṭārif is on the left.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Nag Hammadi dig
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt);
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    Nag Hammadi dig workers examine the rocky desert below Jabal al-Ṭārif near an area they called Area A.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Rocky desert near Jabal al-Ṭārif
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
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    Nag Hammadi dig workers and visitors on the rocky desert below Jabal al-Ṭārif.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Crosses painted in cave T 65
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Caves; Crosses; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
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    Red paintings of crosses appear on the walls of cave T 65 at the base of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff, a large landform on the Nile River near Nag Hammadi.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Rocky desert near Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Archaeological sites; Talus (Geology)
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    Nag Hammadi dig workers and visitors on the rocky desert below Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Digging in rocky desert
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Hammond, Philip C.; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
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    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.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Wādi Sheikh 'Alī
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Wādi Sheikh 'Alī (Egypt); Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt);
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    Wādi Sheikh 'Alī near Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large landform on the Nile River where the Nag Hammadi codices were discovered.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Workers sift debris from T 8
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
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    Egyptian workers sift through rocks and rubble for artifacts from cave t 8, also called Psalms cave, located at the base of Jabal al-Ṭārif.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Labib Habachi at Nag Hammadi dig
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    Clothing and dress - Egypt; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Habachi, Labib, 1906-1984; Headgear; Landscapes; Photography of rocks; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Rocks
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    Labib Habachi works at the Nag Hammadi site at Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Workers making bricks in Naj' Ḥammādī
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Bricks; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
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    Men mold bricks with their hands in the Naj' Ḥammādī desert of Egypt around Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Wādi Sheikh 'Alī
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Wādi Sheikh 'Alī (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
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    The valley Wādi Sheikh 'Alī at Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large landform on the Nile River where the Nag Hammadi codices were discovered.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Rocky desert near Jabal al-Ṭārif
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
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    Nag Hammadi dig workers and visitors on the rocky desert below Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff and surrounding desert
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
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    Cliffs and desert of Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large landform on the Nile River where the Nag Hammadi codices were discovered.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Excavation site at Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Rocks; Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
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    A hole that has been excavated by the Nag Hammadi team. Measuring devices are seen inside the hole for size comparison.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Robinson and others at foot of cliff
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Robinson, James McConkey, 1924-; Scholars; Cliffs; Talus (Geology)
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    James Robinson and two others stand at the foot of a cliff in the talus near the Nag Hammadi dig location.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive
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  • Jabal al-Ṭārif cliffs and talus
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    Antiquities; Desert soils; Deserts - Egypt; Egypt - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt; Formations (Geology); Rocks; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
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    The Nag Hammadi codices were discovered in a jar buried in the large rock behind these talus, a collection of sediment blown by the wind, around the base of Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff.
  • Nag Hammadi Archive

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