What Becomes of the Coptic Church?
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What Becomes of the Coptic Church?


Archaeologists working on the avenue of sphinx's have discovered a fifth century Coptic church on the avenue as well as a Nilometer. The article does not say whether the remains of the church are to be preserved?




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