Jabal al-Ṭārif

Jabal al-Ṭārif  is an archaeological site in the cliffs along the Nile, located in Egypt's Qena Governorate (before 2013 in the Red Sea Governorate), about 5 km north of Nag Hammadi, and about the same distance west of Hamrah Dawm.

It is the location where the Nag Hammadi library writings were found in 1945 by tribesmen known as Mohammed Ali and Abu al-Maid (sons of Ali Khalifa),  belonging to a  clan named al-Samman.

It is also the site of caves containing ancient Egyptian tombs. Claremont University Consortium : ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu website (CISOBOX1) (see  : image descriptions 11,13, & 14 - 26 ) [Retrieved 2011-10-29](Google search - google.co.uk >  ( ntikforever.com/Egypte/Biblios.../Biblio-H.htm  antikforever.com ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu website ( CISOPTR ) photograph of ancient egyptian writing inscribed in to a cave Copyright © Claremont University Consortium [Retrieved 2011-12-14] ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu website (CISOSTART) images of ancient egyptian writing inscribed or painted on the cave walls or otherwise [images 11 to 30 these images show this description] [Retrieved 2011-12-14] boltonmuseums.org.uk [Retrieved 2011-12-14] from griffith.ox.ac.uk Stela(Thauti) [Retrieved 2011-12-14] from (CISOPTR329) [Retrieved 2011-12-14]

The site was occupied by hermits and traces of them are still observed there.

It has been painted by Jacques Majorelle in April 1914.