The Egyptian language evolved for thousands of years, but its final form—Coptic—continues to hold cultural and religious significance today. This video explores how Coptic developed from ...

Bentley Layton, the pre-eminent scholar of his generation of the late ancient Egyptian language, Coptic, died on March 26 at his home in New Haven from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

The book is made of papyrus and written in Coptic, an Egyptian language in which many important early Christian texts are preserved. It was likely produced in one of the Pachomian monasteries in ...