![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Egyptian Department of Antiquities became aware of the existence of these remarkable works, purchased one and confiscated another ten and a half, and deposited them in the Coptic Museum in Cairo. A local teacher happened to see them and sent one book to Cairo to be appraised it ended up getting sold on the black market, as did several other parts of the cache. His mother burned several pages for fuel, but most were spared and given to the resident Coptic priest for storage. Inside were thirteen books, or codices, in Coptic script, which he gathered and took home. Several different accounts of how the texts were found have been pieced together from interviews and rumors, but they tend to mostly agree on certain key details: It is generally believed that a farmer named Muhammad 'Ali al-Samman, possibly with one or more of his brothers, was digging for fertilizer when he unearthed a large clay jar and broke it open. The tale surrounding the discovery of the works is fascinating in its own right. Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Book of Longings was in part inspired by a work entitled " The Thunder, Perfect Mind." Narrated by a female divinity, the poem is one of over 50 ancient texts that were found near the town of Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945. This article relates to The Book of Longings ![]()
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