Hamrah Dom Explained
| Hamrah Dom |
| Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Egypt |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Qena |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 26.1°N 52°W |
Hamrah Dom (Arabic: حمرة دوم) is a small village in Upper Egypt. It is situated near the city of Qena, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor.[1]
Overview
Located on the west bank of the Nile in the Qena Governorate. It is known for being near the Jabal al-Tarif cliff [2] in which the Gnostic Gospels of the Nag Hammadi library were found [3] by Mohammed Ali Samman in December 1945.[4] Known to have been inhabited by the Hawara tribe at least during the period prior to and including 1945.[5]
See also
External links
- Nag Hammadi library (article with five photographs and a map) retrieve 00:14(UTC), 16 December 2007
26.1°N 32.3333°W
Notes and References
- http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp?Feature__Unique_Feature_ID=-295195&Diacritics=Yes&reload=1 GNS official US names database
- James McConkey Robinson, Richard Smith books.google.co.uk The Nag Hammadi library in English BRILL, 1996 [Retrieved 2011-12-16]
- http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOFIELD1=subjec&CISOROOT=/nha&CISOBOX1=Excavations+(Archaeology)+-+Egypt&CISOSTART=1,21 see description for image 25 - photographs taken at the time of an excavation
- http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/manuscripts/nag_hammadi.htm The Nag Hammadi discovery of manuscripts
- James McConkey Robinson, Richard Smith books.google.co.uk The Nag Hammadi library in English BRILL, 1996 [Retrieved 2011-12-16]
