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Christianity and monasticism have long flourished along the Nile in Middle Egypt, the region stretching from al-Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus) to Dayr al-Ganadla. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in Middle Egypt over the past two millennia, including examining the Christian heritage of important sites in Egypt, including Oxyrhynchos (al-Bahnasa); the sites of Antinoë, Hermopolis (al-Ashmunayn), and al-Shaykh Saʻid; Bawit; Dayr al-Muharraq; and Asyut. The studies explore Coptic art and archaeolog ... More
Keywords: Christianity, monasticism, Middle Egypt, Nile, Coptology, Coptic civilization, monastic sites
Print publication date: 2015 | Print ISBN-13: 9789774166631 |
Published to Cairo Scholarship Online: January 2017 | DOI:10.5743/cairo/9789774166631.001.0001 |
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