Abstract
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) first became involved with the Nag Hammadi Codices as a result of problems that arose in forming and maintaining an International Committee to publish the texts. At the beginning of January 1956, Murad Kamil had notified Henri-Charles Puech that Egypt was about to announce officially an International Committee, which would include both Puech and Gilles Quispel. After all, UNESCO was located in Paris where French scholars functioned as consultants, and UNESCO had leverage in Egypt, since it was in charge of the archaeological rescue operations triggered by the construction of the High Dam. An International Committee without UNESCO involvement had in fact been appointed on 7 July 1956, and had met from 29 September to 27 October 1956 in Cairo. The Suez crisis had led to the breaking of diplomatic relations between Egypt and France.Keywords: Cairo; Egypt; France; International Committee; Nag Hammadi Codices; Puech; UNESCO
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