Coptic Trove
Egypt

Coptic Trove


http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/730/he1.htm
"In Al-Gurna where several excavation missions are probing for more Ancient Egyptian treasures under the sand, a team from the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology has stumbled on a major Coptic trove buried under the remains of a sixth-century monastery located in front of a Middle Kingdom tomb. "




- 5th Symposium On Coptic Studies
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) An excellent overview of the recent symposium. Coptic history never ceases to enthral. Jill Kamil attends this year's symposium near Aswan. Clockwise from top: the western corridor to the north of the apse of the Monastery...

- 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...

- In The Field: January 2010
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With photos. Abbasid gold coins in Fayoum, two rock- hewn tombs in Saqqara and a four- cornered, mud-brick tower on the wall of Islamic Cairo are the latest antiquities discovered in Egypt. Wherever a mission digs in Egypt...

- More Re Celebrations Of Polish Archaeology In Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly Last Sunday, the strains of classical music wafted on the evening air through the Egyptian Museum garden. Softly lit trees, their leaves ruffled by a light breeze, added to the enchantment of the occasion: the celebration of 70 years of...

- Seventy Years Of Polish Archaeology
Egyptian Gazette (the story on this URL has now expired) It was not just the unveiling of the bust of Professor Kazimierz Michalowski, the founder of the Polish Centre for Archaeology in Cairo and the pioneer of Egyptology in Poland, on the grounds of...



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