The House of Ptolemy Annex:
Egypt After the Ptolemies
Byzantine Egypt and Afterwards

Historical Overviews of Byzantine Egypt (ca 312 to 641 CE)

• --- Roman and Byzantine Rule (30BCE - 638 CE) [Overview]
  All contents copyright 1996, ArabNet
• --- Late Antique Egypt by Traianos Gagos and Peter van Minnen
  NB: The following had been extracted with permission (© The University of Michigan Press, 1994) from the introduction to Traianos Gagos & Peter van Minnen, Settling a Dispute: Toward a Legal Anthropology of Late Antique Egypt (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994), x, 150 pp., 5 plates.
• --- http://www.sis.gov.eg/public/yearbook/YEARBOOK/CH02SC07.HTM
• --- Fouilles et programmes de l'IFAO: Copte, Arabe et Islamique
  L'IFAO développe un certain nombre de projets sur l'évolution historique de l'Égypte depuis sa christianisation jusqu'au XIXe siècle. Les fouilles entreprises sur le plateau d'Istabl 'Antar dans la partie méridionale du Caire ont mis au jour pour la première fois des habitations liées à la fondation, au milieu du VIIe siècle, de Fostat, la capitale arabe.
• --- THE BIR UMM FAWAKHIR SURVEY
  (Copyright © 1997 Oriental Institute, University of Chicago). Bir Umm Fawakhir is a Byzantine (probably 6th-7th century AD) site off the Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern desert of Egypt (beside the road from Luxor to the Red Sea), consisting of over one hundred stone buildings -- many of which had walls preserved up to 2 meters high. The site was used as a town or camp in connection with the nearby gold mines. Although noted occasionally in travelers' reports, it has never been previously excavated or surveyed. Carol Meyer, Ph.D., Research Associate, is the director of this project, under the supervision of Peter Dorman, director of the Epigraphic Survey at Luxor. Links are provided to the 1992-93 Annual Report and the 1991-92 Annual Report.
• --- Bir Umm Fawakhir: Insights into Ancient Egyptian Mining
  By Carol Meyer. Archaeological surveys at the site of Bir Umm Fawakhir in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt have clarified its role as a 5th-6th century gold-mining town. To date, 152 out of an estimated 216 buildings in the main settlement have been mapped in detail, eight outlying clusters of ruins have been identified, and four ancient mines have been inspected. In conjunction with Diodorus Siculus' first century B.C. account of Egyptian gold mining, the recent archaeological discoveries permit new insights into ancient Egyptian mining towns and techniques. Some evidence of activity at Bir Umm Fawakhir in earlier Roman, Ptolemaic, and pharaonic times has also been found. (This article appears in the journal JOM, 49 (3) 1997, pp. 64-68. JOM is a publication of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)
• --- La Missione Archeologica Congiunta Delle Universita' Di Bolognae Lecce A Kom Umm El-atl
  SIBA - Servizi Informatici Bibliotecari di Ateneo Università diLecce
  Il sito
  La campagna 1993
  La campagna 1994
  La campagna 1995
  
• --- "Greek-Roman Period (332 BCE - 395 CE) from The Ancient Egypt Site
  A two paragraph historical overview starting from the Ptolemaic and going throught to the mid Byzantine Period.

Bibliographic Notes:
Historical Overviews of Byzantine Egypt (ca 312 to 641 CE)

• --- US Library of Congress: Egypt History Greco Roman Period 332 BCE - 640 CE
  Egyptian History Greco Roman Period 332 BCE - 640 CE (LC) (31 titles).

Bibliographic Notes: Historical Overviews of Byzantine Egypt (ca 312 to 641 CE)

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Maps showing Byzantine Egypt

• --- Historical Atlas of Late Antiquity
  Egypt, Orient & Western Persia: 380 CE | 420 CE | 460 CE | 500 CE | 540 CE
  From Denis Bellemare's Historical Atlas of Late Antiquity at URL http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6200/regions.html .
  First-class French language site providing maps of the Roman Empire and adjacent areas, systematically marked with peoples, administrative divisions, land use. By area and period (by 40-year increments).

The Christian Churches in Byzantine Egypt

• --- Fouilles et programmes de l'IFAO: Monastères Chrétiens
  Différents sites chrétiens ont été étudiés par l'IFAO: aux Kellia, plusieurs centaines d'ermitages avec leurs dépendances, ont été fouillés de 1965 à 1990. Depuis le début des années soixante-dix, un travail de relev et de publication des peintures murales des monastères d'Égypte a été entrepris. Les couvents du désert d'Esna (Deir al-Chohada, Deir al-Fakhoury), ceux du Ouadi Natroun (Saint-Macaire, Deir al-Souriani), ont successivement été publiés. Le travail se poursuit avec l'étude des monastères de la mer Rouge (Saint-Paul, Saint-Antoine) et de Sohag. Une prospection des implantations chrétiennes du Sinaï est également en cours.
• Egyptian and Syrian Asceticism in Late Antiquity: A Comparative Study of the Ascetic Idea in the Late Roman Empire
  
  by Jeffrey Conrad
  [in: Vol 4 (1995) of Ex Post Facto - Magazine of the History Students Association at San Francisco State University, USA].
• --- ORTHODOXY AND HERESY IN EARLIEST CHRISTIANITY: EGYPT
  Excerpted from W. Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity [copyright to German original, Siebeck-Mohr (Tuebingen), 1964], 2nd ed by G. Strecker, English Trans ed by R. Kraft & G. Kroedel (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1971). See table of contents at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/Bauer/index.html
• --- Guide to Early Church Documents
  This hypertext document contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relavant to church history. Additional resources or corrections should be directed to the document maintainers at njb@iclnet.org.
  

  See especially: --- Athanasius: On the Incarnation.

  Athanasius [270-336] was the overseer of Alexandria after the death of Alexander.
  

  He worte several theological treatises and was the chief defender of the Nicene Creed.
  

• --- Early Church History File Archive
  Directory of ASCII text files relating to various aspects of Early Church History.
  Start at http://www.math.byu.edu/~smithw/Lds/LDS/Ancient-history-items/Early-Christian/
  Contains files on: Ante-Nicene-Fathers; Augustine; Creeds; Gnostic-works; List of Lost Books of Early Christian Literature; Plotinus (The Six Enneads); Problem of Evil; and Tertullian
• --- Irenaeus Against Heresies - Book III
  Irenaeus Against Heresies - Book III
• --- Eusebius of Caesarea
  Ecclesiastical History: Emperors and Persecutions in the Third Century AD
• --- Prolegomena. The Life And Writings Of Eusebius Of C'sarea. Chapter I
  From ...Life of Eusebius. § 1. Sources and Literature. Accents, the pupil and successor of Eusebius in the bishopric of C'sarea, wrote a life of the latter (Socr. H. E. II. 4) which is unfortunately lost. He was a man of ability (Sozomen H. E. III. 2, IV. 23)
• --- Greco-Roman Studies and the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible: A Classified Periodical Bibliography (1970 - 1994)
  by K. C. Hanson, Creighton University, Published in FORUM 9.1-2 (1994[96]):63-119.
  (© 1996 Reprinted by K.C. Hanson by permission of the publisher).
• --- Vita S. Antoni [Life of St. Antony]
  Athanasius of Alexandria (written between 356 and 362 CE)
  Text here is from Athanasius: Select Works and Letters, Volume IV of NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS, Series II, Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, editors. The pagination of this edition has been preserved here for citation purposes. [This text is part of the Internet Medieval Source Book. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts related to medieval and Byzantine history].
• --- Life of St. Peter of Alexandria (St. Pachomius Library)
  by Anastasius the Librarian (translated by Rev. Jas. B. H. Hawkins, 1879)
• --- Cyril of Alexandria Web Site
  Ted Mayes (0500074@acad.nwmissouri.edu) has set up (and will continue to add to) a web site for Bishop of Cyril of Alexandria. At present there are only a couple (4) translations of his on the site, and a couple of links, but he will be adding more in the months that lie ahead. Any comments about Cyril, or information about where to find more information about him on the Web, would be appreciated.
• --- Odyssey in Egypt: The Monastery of St. John the Little Wadi Natun - Egypt
  An interactive excavation of a third-century Egyptian monastery, complete with weekly updates from the people on site and correspondence with the archaeologists. Walk through the excavation! View a QuickTime VR Movie of the Excavation Site (469K). You'll need a QTVR Player, which the site provides a links to.
• --- Le Cercle St. Marc Egypte
  Some of the topics include: Collège St. Marc; Cercle St. Marc - Liban; Autres Cercles St. Marc; Projet: Photos annuelles; Projet: Messages collectifs; Saint Marciens sur le web; Les Frères Lasalliens; Autres links Lasalliens; Alexandrie, mon amour.

• --- The Story Of The Church Of Egypt: The Copts and Coptic Church of Egypt
  From the COPTNET Articles Collection © All Rights Reserved (see entry below).
• --- The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt
  COPTNET Maintainer: A. Bestavros. The word Copt is derived from the Greek word Aigyptos, which was, in turn, derived from "Hikaptah", one of the names for Memphis, the first capital of Ancient Egypt. The modern use of the term "Coptic" describes Egyptian Christians, as well as the last stage of the ancient Egyptian language script. Also, it describes the distinctive art and architecture that developed as an early expression of the new faith.
  

  The Coptic Church is based on the teachings of Saint Mark who brought Christianity to Egypt during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero in the first century.

• --- The St. Pachomius Library of Patristic Texts
  The St. Pachomius Library seeks to make the literature of the early Christian Church available to all in electronic form -- for free! The library is archiving uncopyrighted English translations of the Church Fathers, the acts of the Christian martyrs, the proceedings of the Councils, the lives of the early saints, etc., all of which may be freely reproduced by anyone.
• --- History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Chaurch of Alexandria (St. Pachomius Library)
  by Severus, Bishop of Al-Ushmunain (Translated by Basil Evetts)
• --- Coptologia Publications
  Copyright by Coptologia, All Rights Reserved, ISSN 0229-1134
• --- International Association for Coptic Studies Association Internationale d'Études Coptes
  Editor: Tito Orlandi (orlandi@rmcisadu.let.uniroma1.it)
• --- ALEXANDRIAN COPTIC ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
  Alexandrian Coptic Orthodox Church; His Holiness the Patriarch and Pope; History of the Coptic Orthodox Church Coptic Orthodox Archives; The Synexarium Writings of H.H Pope Shenouda 111; Icons and Pictures; Coptic Hymns; British Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Alexandria); Diocese of Southern United States; Coptic Orthodox Parishes on the Web; St Shenouda the Archimandrite Society St Shenouda News Letter; Coptic Network Coptic Links
• --- Highlights of Copts in Egypt and Abroad Dialogues with Pope Shenouda III
  Book Review: Highlights of Copts in Egypt and Abroad: Dialogues with Pope Shenouda III. From the Egyptian Ministry of culture web site.
• --- British Orthodox Church website
  A Diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria whose mission is to serve the people of the British Isles, and to help restore British Orthodoxy.
• --- The Holy Family in Egypt
  11 Jan 1999: Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism. See the base page at URL http://133.164.254.54/online/html/index.htm
• --- Coptic art panorama
  Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism. See the base page at URL http://133.164.254.54/online/html/index.htm

• -- THE GNOSTIC SOCIETY LIBRARY: Texts from The Nag Hammadi Library
  The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures -- texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define " orthodoxy" -- scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth. The discovery and translation of the Nag Hammadi library has provided impetus to a major re-evaluation of early Christian history and the nature of Gnosticism.
  See generally The Gnostic Society Virtual Library or The Gnostic Society Library.

Bibliographic Notes:
Religion in Byzantine Egypt

• Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity by Samuel Sharpe
  Paperback (March 1997), Kessinger Publishing Company; ISBN: 1564591980
  Book Description provided by Amazon.com (from the Publisher):
  
  With their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom, when Christians shall at length acknowledge that many of those doctrines, which together now make up orthodoxy, or the religion of the majority, as distinguished from the simple religion which Jesus taught and practised; When they shall acknowledge that many of them are so many sad and lamentable errors; Then, and not till then, will they seek to know their origin, and enquire from which of the several branches of Paganism they sprung. They will then see that most of the so-called Christian doctrines, that have no place in the New Testament, reached Europe from Egypt, through Alexandria. Contents: Religion of Upper Egypt; Religion of Lower Egypt; Religion Under the Persian Conquerors; Religion Under the Ptolemies; Religion Under the Romans; Christianity Under the Roman Emperors; Christianity Under the Byzantine Emperors.
  
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The Literate

• --- Egyptian Stelae in Field Museum of Natural History: Coptic (page 76)
  By Thomas, George Allen. Egyptian Stelae in Field Museum of Natural History
  Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1936.
  Field Museum of Natural History: Anthropological Series; Vol. XXIV, No. 1 (PJ1511.F45A4).
  From EOS (Electronic Open Stacks), the University of Chicago Library's home for image-based texts.
• --- The Fourth Book of the Christian Topography of Cosmas Indicopleustes
  This page is the product of Andrew Wiesner
  Cosmas, a sixth century native of Alexandria, spent the earlier years of his life as a seafaring merchant. He traveled extensively during this time, and his surname would suggest that his travels extended as far as India. He eventually retired from commercial enterprises and gave himself over to the monastic life, probably among the Nestorians. During this phase of his life he composed treatises on geography, cosmography, and scriptural exegesis. The Christian Topography is the only one of his works to have survived, and contains treatments of all of these topics.

Maths & Sciences in Byzantine Egypt

• --- The Martyrdom of Hypatia (or The Death of the Classical World)
  By Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian. A speech given before the Independent Religious Society at the Majestic Theater in Chicago
• --- The Life of Hypatia
  by John, Bishop of Nikiu, from his Chronicle 84.87-103
  (Reprinted with permission from Alexandria 2)
• --- The Life of Hypatia
  By Socrates Scholasticus, from his Ecclesiastical History. This biography tells the story of her murder.
  (Reprinted with permission from Alexandria 2)
• --- Hypatia of Alexandria
  Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher (d. 415 CE), a short biographical sketch with links to 3 other Hypatia-related sites. From site for ALEXANDRIA, a journal published in book form devoted to the philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological traditions of the Western world.
• --- Hypatia's Murder - The Sacrifice of a Virgin and Its Implications
  The purpose of this paper is to uncover patterns and dynamics that changed the intellectual fabric of Alexandria. Hypatia, who lived in the late fourth and early fifth century, stands out as a pivotal figure in this period of transition.
• --- 451. The martyrdom of the pagan philosopher Hypatia. Alexandria, 415 AD
  
  (Socrates, Ecclesiastical History VII.15, Migne, PG vol. 67, col. 768-9; Suda, s.v. Hypatia, Y166 I.4 644-5 Adler=Damascius fr. 163-4 Zintzen). This is a selection from Women's Life in Greece and Rome, see below.
• --- Hypatia of Alexandria
  From Ockham's Razor (3 Aug 1997: Radio National Transcripts). Hypatia's extraordinary story as told by Maths Lecturer from Monash University (Australia), Dr. Michael Deakin.

Bibliographic Notes:
Maths & Sciences in Byzantine Egypt

• Hypathia and her mathematics
  by Deakin, Michael
  [in: American Mathematical Monthly, no. 101, 1994, 234-243]
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• Hypathia of Alexandria
  by Deakin, Michael
  [in: Mathematics Education, no. 8, 1992, 187-191]
  Describes the life, times, and work of Hypathia of Alexandria (370-415 AD)
  From the African Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA) Newsletter #5.
  (see AMUCHMA5: 4.1)
• The Primary Sources for the Life and Work of Hypathia of Alexandria, History of Mathematics, Paper no. 63.
  by Deakin, Michael, Department of mathematics, Monash University, Clayton (Australia), 1995, 16 pp. (also posted at Landman's site on Hypatia: http://landman. hal.com/~landman/Hypatia )
  Describes the primary sources for the life, times, and work of Hypathia of Alexandria (370-415 AD)
  From the African Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA) Newsletter #5.
  (see again AMUCHMA5: 4.1)
• Hypatia and Women's Rights in Ancient Egypt
  by Beatrice Lumpkin,
  [in: Black Women in Antiquity, Ed. Ivan Van Sertima, (New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books), 155-161 1988.]

Bibliographic Notes: Maths & Sciences in Byzantine Egypt

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Order This Book Directly via Hardcover: Paperback:	Hypatia of Alexandria. Revealing Antiquity no.8 Author: Dzielska, Maria (Lyra, F - Translator) Hardcover: Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, April 1995. pp. viii + 225 with index Dimensions (in inches): 0.71 x 8.58 x 5.77. Hardcover. ISBN 0-674-43775-6 Paperback: Reprint Edition Paperback Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, Publication date: October 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 0.48 x 8.23 x 5.50. Paperback. ISBN: 0-674-43776-4	Review by Hagith S. Sivan, (University of Kansas) [From Bryn Mawr Classical Review, providing reviews of books of interest to classisists]	Still in print The text is available in both hardcover or paperback formats

Daily Life

• --- 232. A letter from a soldier's wife complaining about the behaviour of another soldier's daughters. Egypt, 4th cent. AD (Grenfell papyrus I.53. G)
  The abrupt style and eccentric spelling of these letters give convey an unusual sense of spontaneity. The addresses of neither husband nor wife are specified, and the precise nature of the problem described is not entirely clear: presumably some male member of Artemis' household has become the lover of one of Sarapion's daughters. This is a selection from Women's Life in Greece and Rome, see below.
• --- 241. Women unfavourably compared with boy lovers. Egypt, 2nd cent. AD (Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon 2.37.5-9, 38.1-3. G)
  From a debate between defenders of heterosexual and homosexual intercourse in one of the most popular ancient Greek novels. This is a selection from Women's Life in Greece and Rome, see below.
• Other selections from Women's Life in Greece and Rome by Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant

Bibliographic Notes: Byzantine Alexandrian Numismatics Reading List

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Order This Book Directly via Paperback:	Currency and Inflation in Fourth Century Egypt (Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists. Supplements, No 5) By: Bagnall, Roger S Published by Scholars Press Publication date: June 1985. Paperback. ISBN: 0891307907	.	Still in print
Order This Book Directly via Hardcover:	see entries in Byzantine Coins and their Values Author: Sear, David R Publisher: Seaby Revised edition Hard Cover, 526 pages, illustrated.	.	Byzantine Coins and their Values is the standard and most popular reference handbook covering all coinages of the Byzantine Empire. Over 2,000 coins listed. The book covers the period from 491 to 1453 CE; Byzantine coinage in Alexandria ended with the capture of the city by the Arabs shortly after 640 CE.

by Michael L. Bates, Curator of Islamic Coins, © American Numismatic Society, New York

• Hahn, Wolfgang. Moneta imperii byzantini von Heraclius bis Leo III./Alleinregierung (610-720). (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Veroffentlichungen der numismatischen Kommission, X; Vienna, 1981). Imitations of Heraclius: p. 93; Carthage imitations; pp. 108-110: include Jerusalem, Nablus, Antioch mints, imitations of other mints; p. 111: counterstamps; pp. 112-15: Alexandria. Constans II: pp. 140-41: Syrian imitations and countermarks; pp. 141-42: Alexandria and its imitations.
• Metcalf, D. M., and S. Payne. "Some Byzantine and Arab-Byzantine Coins Obtained in Jerusalem," NCirc 73, 6 (June 1965), pp. 130-32; .. 73, 12 (December 1965), pp. 257-58, 255. (Only the sections of this serial article with Arab-Byzantine coins are listed.) Coins were acquired in Jerusalem on several occasions in 1963. Numerous heavy Justin-Sophia coins, but all seem to be original Roman issue. Five Alexandrian, incl. 3 "Perso-Byzantine"; 9 Ba alabakk, Damascus & imitations, Hims, Tabariyya (5 illustrated); 1 Antardo monogram type.
• Prawdzic-Golemberski, E. J., and D. M. Metcalf. "The Circulation of Byzantine Coins on the South-Eastern Frontiers of the Empire," NC 1963, pp. 83-92. Examines a parcel of 28 coins purchased in Baghdad at various times in the early sixties. Includes coins of Alexandria and Carthage; the authors believe coins passed to Iraq not through Antioch, because the composition of this lot is not paralleled by site finds at Antioch, but rather eastwards from Alexandria through Palestine. Interesting discussion of Alexandrian issues in sixth century, mentioning Egyptian hoards of seventh century. Coins include Egyptian Arab-Byzantine; Hims BM.64; Constans II overstruck on Heraclius; some illustrated.

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The Arab Conquest of Egypt

• --- Accounts of The Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642 CE
  Covers the History of The Patriarchs of Alexandria and Al-Baladhuri: The Conquest of Alexandria. This text is part of the Internet Medieval Source Book at URL http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts related to medieval and Byzantine history. © Paul Halsall, August 1998

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+++ Byzantine Egypt Links To Be Updated/Evaluateded +++

• --- Bishops/Patriarchs of Alexandria
  A table of Bishops/Patriarchs of Alexandria with dates of office. From the wonderful Byzantium Byzantine Studies site at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/ .
• --- The School of Alexandria (Before Origen) - by Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty.
  See also The School of Alexandria - Origen - by Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty Lectures in patrology: the school of Alexandria © 1998 saintmark.com
• --- Historical Documents for Christian Research
  ADAM CHECK THIS OUT FURTHER; HAS MANY GNOSTIC LINKS AT http://www.piney.com/DocIndex.html#Gnosticism
• --- Clement of Alexandria - Exhortation to the Heathen - Music, Drama and Idolatry
  Several short excerpts of sections of this work by Clement.
• --- Coptic Christianity [Bibliography]
  From The Theban Mapping Project web site (go to base page at URL http://www.kv5.com/ and click on the Bibliographies tab and scroll to the section on Coptic Religion.
• --- Hypatia of Alexandria
  Assembed and maintained by Howard A. Landman. A portal site dedicated to Hypatia. Includes links to resources at Landman's site as well as other sites.
• --- The Martyrdom of Hypatia (or The Death of the Classical World)
  By Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian. A speech given before the Independent Religious Society at the Majestic Theater in Chicago. From H A Landman's Hypatia of Alexandria a portal site dedicated to Hypatia.
• --- Life of St. Mary of Egypt by Maria Kouli (PDF 183 kb)
  PDF FILE DOWNLOAD. Mary of Egypt, the prostitute from Alexandria who achieved sanctity through repentance and ascetic solitary life, was a holy woman who offered reassurance to every Christian: if such a licentious woman could find forgiveness, surely ordinary sinners could hope for salvation. Her vita provides some information on daily life in Alexandria and Jerusalem, on pilgrimage, on the cult of the True Cross and the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, and on Palestinian monasticism. Its primary importance lies, however, in its graphic portrayal of the theme of the "repentant harlot," a type of female saint that found particular favor in the milieu of Syro-Palestine and Egypt in the 4th to 7th centuries.
  From Dunbarton Oaks Electronic Library Site featuring: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation edited by Alice-Mary Talbot. This collection of sacred biographies is the initial volume in a new Dumbarton Oaks series of translated Lives of Byzantine saints, rendered into English for the first time and fully annotated. 1996 384 pp. Order This book from Amazon.com0-88402-241-2 cloth TAHW $30.00 or paperback TAHWP $18.50
• --- Coptic Church Review
  A quarterly of contemporary patristic studies published by the Society of Coptic Church Studies. Articles available include:
  

  • 1997 Martyrs of the Coptic Church
  • Life and Works of Saint Cyril of Alexandria
  • Tertullian
  • The Sins Of Saint Monica
  • Archaeology and Egyptian Monasticism
  • Ritual Uncleanness and Women in the Church
  • Discovery Of Fourth Century Church In The Egyptian Desert
  • Coptic Palladiana I: The Life Of Pambo
  
  For a full listing of articles see the index
• --- Grondin's Interlinear Coptic/English Translation of The Gospel of Thomas
  Includes 39 gif images in the page-by-page presentation, which are facsimiles (from pages 32 and 51 of Nag Hammadi Codex II). With English translation by Thomas O. Lambdin (but slightly emended by Grodin) Coptic/English Interlinear translation by Michael Grondin. Coptic Index and notes by Michael Grondin. Text from The Nag Hammadi Library in English, James M. Robinson, General Editor; (revised edition, 1988, E.J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands) Published in the U.S. by HarperCollins as The Nag Hammadi Library.
• --- Alexandria and her Schools by Kingsley
  Project Gutenberg Etext: Alexandria and her Schools by Kingsley #4 in the Project Gutenberg series by Charles Kingsley. April, 1998 [Etext #1275]. This etext was prepared from the 1902 Macmilland and Co. edition of "Historial Lectures and Essays" by David Price (e-mail: ccx074 @ coventry.ac.uk).
• --- Tour Info: SAINT SIMEON
  (In Dutch). This is the illustrated itinerary based on a virtual Nile cruise of Egypt that includes the Coptic monestery of Saint Simeon. The building is illustrated with an overview of the site's history.
  

  It's worth exploring the rest of the virtual Nile cruise site so start here: Egypt Travel Information And Virtual Egyptology (by amateur-Egyptologist Faroek) for an English version (some parts of the site are not yet translated from the Dutch)

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