Hamrah Dom () is a small village in
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ', shortened to , , locally: ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel North. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake N ...
. It is situated near the city of
Qena, about 80 kilometres north-west of
Luxor
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 263,109 in 2020, with an area of approximately and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. It is among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited c ...
.
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Located on the west bank of the
Nile
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in the
Qena Governorate
Qena () is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country. It covers a stretch of the Nile valley. Its capital is the city of Qena.
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The rate of poverty is more than 60% in this governorate but ...
. It is known for being near the
Jabal al-Tarif cliff
in which the
Gnostic Gospels of the
Nag Hammadi library
The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the Chenoboskion Manuscripts and the Gnostic Gospels) is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945.
Thirteen leather-bound papyrus c ...
were found by
Mohammed Ali Samman in December 1945. Known to have been inhabited by the Hawara tribe at least during the period prior to and including 1945.
[James McConkey Robinson, Richard Smit]
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See also
*Nag Hammadi library
The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the Chenoboskion Manuscripts and the Gnostic Gospels) is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945.
Thirteen leather-bound papyrus c ...
* Nag Hammâdi
References
External links
Nag Hammadi library
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Populated places in Qena Governorate