But the ancient manuscript is all the more fascinating ... The book is made of papyrus and written in Coptic, an Egyptian ...

check out neighborhood attractions like the Coptic Museum and the ninth-century Hanging Church, which are housed within an ancient Babylonian fortress. You'll also find significant Jewish and ...

Dug from the ruins of a 10th century Christian monastery on the Egyptian-Sudanese border, their find is an ancient Coptic prayer ... before the Ascension, the manuscript declares, Jesus was ...

"Magical" texts from Egypt in Coptic script and language are at the ... Accordingly, these manuscripts are "rich sources of information about daily life and religion in Egypt in the last centuries ...