nag hammadi

Noun
  1. A town in Upper Egypt (synset 108919705)
    is an instance of: town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
    is a part of: upper egypt - one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan
  2. A collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945;
    The codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism (synset 108001247)
    is an instance of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    same as: nag hammadi library

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