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Aerial
view
of the
Nile
River
valley
and the
Jabal
al-Ṭārif
Subject - LCSH
Aerial photographs
Nile River
Deserts - Egypt
Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt)
Al Qaṣr (Egypt)
Description
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
,
slightly
elevated
area
where
the
Monastery
of
St
.
George
is
located
on the
eastern
edge
near
the
Nile
, and
al-Raḥmānīyah
Qiblī
on the
western
edge
.
Still
further
north
,
just
west
of the
island
,
is
the
al-Dābbah
train
station
, the
earliest
designation
by
Abbot
Drioton
of the
site
of the
discovery
.
Al-Būṣah
is
due
north
,
up
against
the
foot
of the
cliff
,
just
before
the
cliff
turns
due
north
.
Just
further
north
,
where
the
face
of the
cliff
moves
due
north
,
is
the
location
of the
Sixty
Dynasty
caves
and the
site
discovery
.
Slightly
to the
east
of this
north-side
area
is
the
village
of
Ḥamrah
Dūm
. On the
right
of the
plate
there
is
the
Jabal
Abū
Mana
', and at the
foot
of the
cliff
the
hamlet
Abū
Mana
'.
Due
south
, on the
right
shore
of the
Nile
,
is
Fāw
Qiblī
, with the
Basilica
of
St
.
Pachomius
.
Notes
Original Landsat image from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) taken on 1989 November 21.
Publisher
Claremont
Graduate
University
.
Institute
for
Antiquity
and
Christianity
,
School
of
Religion
.
Date
1989-11-21
Source
Black and white photograph
Collection
Nag
Hammadi
Archive
-
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/nha
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Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. Copyright laws.
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Image
Format
image/jp2
Object File Name
nha00181.tif
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