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Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Held in Paris recently, the conference, which witnessed no official Egyptian participation for 30 years now, called for putting the Coptic antiquities on the Egyptian tourist map and recommended the establishment of independent departments of Coptology at Egyptian universities
Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
A seminar was held at the church of St. Mena in the district of Foum Al-Khaleg, Cairo under the title “The Coptic language and culture…How did they die out and how to revive them?” A debate developed between those who stress that the Coptic language disappeared as a result of the Islamic conquest...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 16, 2003
In the light of the recent crisis around the Anba Antonius Monastery, the author comments on the policy of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in handling similar problems.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
The building of the Hanging Church is sort of an architectural miracle because it is built over a Roman fortress called Babylon. There is an empty space beneath the church and ground water had leaked into it. The church was affected by the 1992 earthquake, which led the ministry of culture to begin...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Rome University and the American Research Center are in a dispute over repairs to the Red Monastery in the governorate of Sohag. The dispute lasted for a year. After that the two parties reached a compromise--the American Research Center will repair the icons and the drawings on the walls, while...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The Higher Council for Culture organized its first two-day symposium titled “Coptic Monuments of Egypt,” which was attended by many professors and research specialists. Abu Al-Hamad Farghali, a professor at the Faculty of Antiquities at Cairo University, explained that a large number of Coptic...
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