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.
Before excavation, the caves were almost hidden by talus and rubble at the base of Jabal al-Ṭārif, a large cliff on the Nile River near Naj' Ḥammādī. The Nag Hammadi codices were discovered buried in talus, a collection of sediment blown by...
