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Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Volume 2 Nag Hammadi–Esna

Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla

Print publication date: 2010

Print ISBN-13: 9789774163111

Published to Cairo Scholarship Online: September 2011

DOI: 10.5743/cairo/9789774163111.001.0001

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The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations

The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations

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(p.33) 4 The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations
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Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt
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Gawdat Gabra

Hany N. Takla

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American University in Cairo Press
DOI:10.5743/cairo/9789774163111.003.0004

Faw al-Qibli (or “South Faw”) is identifiable with the ancient village called Pbow in Coptic, both on the basis of the name and also by the presence at the town's western edge of architectural remains that are best interpreted as parts of an ancient church. It has been called the “the Basilica of St. Pachomius” ever since it was first described in western scholarship. The Basilica of St. Pachomius' site was recognizable mainly from the presence of a number of granite columns lying exposed on the surface of the ground. Some scant remains of buildings other than the church have been exposed here and there in close proximity to it, but such buildings were most likely nowhere near as sturdy as the monumental church to begin with and have in any case fallen victim to agriculture, or else they lie beneath the current structures of Faw al-Qibli.

Keywords:   Coptic, Basilica of St. Pachomius, Faw al-Qibli, Pbow

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