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Title: Illegal excavation in Greco-Roman cemetery at Jabal al-Ṭārif
Date Created and/or Issued: 1966
Publication Information: Claremont Graduate University. Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, School of Religion
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Nag Hammadi Archive
Rights Information: Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. Copyright laws.
Description: A chunk missing from the bottom of the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff shows evidence of illegal excavation in Greco-Roman cemetery where the Nag Hammadi codices were found in a jar. It is believed that Gnostic monks hid the texts in the cave as a legacy for political or religious reasons.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: nha00897.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nha/id/860
Subject: Cemeteries
Deserts - Egypt
Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt
Rocks
Cliffs
Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt)
Archaeological sites
Source: Black and white photograph, 7 x 5 inches: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity; 1.3.1.2 Non-codices photographs 3. Prints from color slides; Inscribed "JMK color slide 1966 - slide missing."
Relation: Nag Hammadi Archive - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/nha

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