Egypt
- Restoration: St Antony's Monastery, Eastern Desert
Egypt State Information Service Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawas inaugurated on 21/1 / 2010 the restoration works and development of the monastery of St. Anthony at Red Sea. It is considered the first monastery in...
- Feature: St Anthony's Monastery, Red Sea Hills
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga) With video showing some great views of the Coptic monastery and its painting and footage of restoration and excavations which have revealed a 6th Century church and which the monks hope will eventually reveal the tomb of Saint...
- More Re Earliest Page Found At Deir Al-surian
The Art Newspaper Fragments of the earliest dated Christian literary manuscript have been found at Deir al-Surian, an ancient monastery in the Egyptian desert. Dating from 411 AD, these were discovered under a collapsed floor of a ninth-century tower....
- Coptic Studies
Desert Fathershttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/pe2.htmAn article looking at the Coptic monasteries and, in particular, the fate of the manuscripts of Deir Al-Surian: "Syrian monks had always frequented Wadi Al-Natrun ever since the fourth century....
- Saving Deir Al-surian Manuscripts
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/tourism/tourism.shtml I'm not sure whether this is just a broken link, or whether this one-liner is the entire story on the new Egyptian Gazette website - I suspect the former. But at the moment, the entire piece on the...
Egypt
Coptic manuscript discovery
http://www.forbes.com/2002/05/29/0529conn.html
"A cache of manuscripts up to 1,500 years old has been discovered in a Coptic monastery in the Western Desert of Egypt. The find was made at Deir al-Surian, the Monastery of the Syrians, which already has one of the richest ancient libraries in Christendom. Set in the desert sands and virtually cut off from the outside world until recently, Deir al-Surian traces its roots back to the earliest period of Christian monasticism. Established in the 6th century, it was soon occupied by monks from Syria and Mesopotamia and is currently home to 200 Egyptian Copts."
"A cache of manuscripts up to 1,500 years old has been discovered in a Coptic monastery in the Western Desert of Egypt. The find was made at Deir al-Surian, the Monastery of the Syrians, which already has one of the richest ancient libraries in Christendom. Set in the desert sands and virtually cut off from the outside world until recently, Deir al-Surian traces its roots back to the earliest period of Christian monasticism. Established in the 6th century, it was soon occupied by monks from Syria and Mesopotamia and is currently home to 200 Egyptian Copts."
See the full story on the above web page.
- Restoration: St Antony's Monastery, Eastern Desert
Egypt State Information Service Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawas inaugurated on 21/1 / 2010 the restoration works and development of the monastery of St. Anthony at Red Sea. It is considered the first monastery in...
- Feature: St Anthony's Monastery, Red Sea Hills
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga) With video showing some great views of the Coptic monastery and its painting and footage of restoration and excavations which have revealed a 6th Century church and which the monks hope will eventually reveal the tomb of Saint...
- More Re Earliest Page Found At Deir Al-surian
The Art Newspaper Fragments of the earliest dated Christian literary manuscript have been found at Deir al-Surian, an ancient monastery in the Egyptian desert. Dating from 411 AD, these were discovered under a collapsed floor of a ninth-century tower....
- Coptic Studies
Desert Fathershttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/pe2.htmAn article looking at the Coptic monasteries and, in particular, the fate of the manuscripts of Deir Al-Surian: "Syrian monks had always frequented Wadi Al-Natrun ever since the fourth century....
- Saving Deir Al-surian Manuscripts
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/tourism/tourism.shtml I'm not sure whether this is just a broken link, or whether this one-liner is the entire story on the new Egyptian Gazette website - I suspect the former. But at the moment, the entire piece on the...