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1. 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, NOUN
   • Scholars have spent decades analyzing and interpreting the texts found at Nag Hammadi.
2. A town in Upper Egypt, famous for an important archeological discovery known as the Nag Hammadi Library. NOUN
   • The Nag Hammadi library includes several gospels not included in the canonical New Testament.