Nuns at Abydos
Egypt

Nuns at Abydos



This is a short article on a collection of graffiti scribbled on the walls of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos which are currently being studied and may represent the works of a community of Coptic nuns.




- Protestors Block Tourist Access To Temple Of Abydos
Youm7 Tourism movement stopped in Abydos Temple in Sohag. Two tourist groups cancelled their visit to the temple due to insecure developments that may arise as a result of protests there. Resident of the village of Oraba Abydos organized a protest before...

- Lecture Notes: 'egypt Guy' Discusses Pilgrimages, Graffiti
The Brown Daily Herald - Campus News (Matthew Klebanoff) Issue date: 2/19/09 Section: Campus News Known in his field as "the Egypt Guy," Eugene Cruz-Uribe, a professor of history at Northern Arizona University, discussed Egyptian pilgrimages before a...

- Expedition Magazine - Prehistoric Abydos
Expedition Magazine Not available online, I'm afraid, but there's an article in the most recent edition of UPenn's Expedition Magazine (Volume 50, Number 3, Winter 2008) about Abydos: Prehistoric Abydos--Africa's Gateway to the World Harold...

- Coptic Graffiti And Early Christian Impressions Of The Past
What's New in Papyrology? The abstract of a forthcoming lecture by Jennifer Westerfeld, which highlights some important points itself, and is accompanied by a photograph that amply illustrates the point being made: Spray-painted across walls or scratched...

- Seti At Abydos
Here is an article on the maintenance of King Seti I temple at Abydos. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/909/heritage.htm...



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