Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2022
Dr. Ṭāriq al-Jammāl, President of Asyūṭ University, praised the positive interaction of the student delegations participating in the second forum of “Peoples’ Week” organized by the University from March 23 to 28, 2022. This forum witnessed the massive participation of Egyptian students and...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2022
To celebrate its 112th anniversary the Coptic Museum organizes a temporary archaeological exhibition on the journey of the Holy Family.
Date of source: Monday, February 21, 2022
The archeologist, Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Rayḥān, General Director of Research, Archeology and Scientific Publications for South Sinai at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced a permanent museum exhibition within Saint Catherine’s Monastery. Since its establishment in 2001, the museum has...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Monica Hanna [Monica Ḥannā], a member of Egypt's Heritage Task Force, responded to a statement by the Ministry of Antiquities on the collapse of parts of the northern wall of the ancient church, referring to the words of Dr. Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh, Vice President of the Islamic, Coptic and Jewish...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Dr. Monica Ḥannā, a member of Egypt's Heritage Task Force, filed a complaint to the Administrative Prosecution against the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, the head of the Islamic and Coptic Antiquities Sector, and the director general of Islamic and Coptic Antiquities in...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
His Grace Bishop Abūllū (Apollo), Bishop of South Sinai, inaugurated an exhibition of archaeological icons about the Holy Family’s journey and their escape to Egypt. Icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary's life, the Annunciation and the Incarnation were also displayed at Sharm al-Shaykh Museum. The...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2021
This ancient cave church, build above the cave known as Abū Sirja, is located in the area of Babylon in Old Cairo. Historians differ on the date they believe the church was founded; however, most accounts record it being built in the fourth century AD.
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2021
In response to complaints received on social media, the Crisis Management Team of the Egyptian Cabinet have intervened with regards to the sinking basement of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Maadi, resulting from the rising water levels of the Nile. The necessary authorities from state agencies...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2021
For hundreds of years, al-Minyā has been one of the most important stops of the Holy Family's journey from Asyūṭ to Sinai, which resided at Jabal al- Ṭayr (Mountain of the Birds) in Samāllūṭ, until a church named after the Virgin Mary was built on the banks of the Nile River.
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 2021
The parade of the ancient royal mummies arrived at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC), after its journey that began from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade included 22 royal mummies (18 kings and four queens) dating back to the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th...