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2 unusual facts about Hashem el-Tarif


Hashem el-Tarif

The James Cameron-produced History Channel special, The Exodus Decoded, suggests that this location, now in an Egyptian military zone, is the best candidate for the Biblical Mount Sinai.

Simcha Jacobovici in an episode of the The Naked Archaeologist explored several mountains as possible candidates for the biblical Mount Sinai.


El-Tarif

Intef I, Intef II and Intef III were all buried in a saff (row) tomb in El Tarif in a row close to the Deir el-Bahri which is the location of the Mentuhotep II's Mortuary Temple.

Jabal al-Ṭārif

It is also the location where the Nag Hammadi library writings were found by tribesmen known as Mohammed Ali and Abu al-Maid (sons of Ali Khalifa), belonging to a clan named al-Samman.


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