Sheneset-Chenoboskion
al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad (Arabic: القصر و الصياد) is a village in Nag Hammadi district of Qena Governorate, Egypt.
al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad
القصر و الصياد Chenoboskion | |
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al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°3′27.39″N 32°18′30.74″E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Qena |
| Markaz | Nag Hammadi |
| Population | |
| • Total | 13,151 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
An early center of Christianity in the Thebaid, Roman Egypt, a site frequented by Desert Fathers from the 3rd century and the site of a monastery from the 4th, it was earlier known as Chenoboskion (Greek Χηνοβόσκιον "geese pasture"), also called Chenoboscium /ˌkɛnəˈboʊʃəm/, Chenoboskia (Greek: Χηνοβοσκία, Arabic: شينوبسكيا, romanized: Šinubuskiya) and Sheneset (Coptic: ϣⲉⲛⲉⲥⲏⲧ, romanized: Šénesēt, lit. 'tree(s) of Seth', Arabic: شاناساد, romanized: Šanasad).
The Nag Hammadi library, a collection of 2nd-century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in 1945, was found in the Nile cliffs to the north-west.
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