Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz site in the Bahariya Oasis. (Courtesy: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
Posted on 03/16/2021 11:39:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A French-Norwegian archaeological team has discovered new Christian ruins in Egypt’s Western Desert, revealing monastic life in the region in the fifth century AD, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said Saturday.
The mission unearthed “several buildings made of basalt, others carved into the bedrock and some made of mud bricks,” during its third excavation campaign at the Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz site in the Bahariya Oasis, the ministry said in a statement.
The complex is comprised of “six sectors containing the ruins of three churches and monks’ cells,” whose “walls bear graffiti and symbols with Coptic connotations,” said Osama Talaat, head of Islamic, Coptic, and Jewish Antiquities at the ministry.
Mission head Victor Ghica said, “19 structures and a church carved into the bedrock” were discovered last year...
It clearly showed that monks were present there since the fifth century AD, he said, adding that the discovery helped understand “the development of buildings and the formation of the first monastic communities” in this region of Egypt...
In February, it said a high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old had been uncovered at a funerary site in the country’s south.
Also last month, an Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission working near Alexandria said it had discovered mummies from around 2,000 years ago bearing golden-tongued amulets.
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Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz site in the Bahariya Oasis. (Courtesy: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
Well, they weren't Baptists!......................
Never take a Baptists fishing.
He’ll drink all your beer.
Always take TWO Baptists fishing.
They won’t touch your beer.......................
Guess it’s good being a non-denominational Christian. This way I can make and drink wine w/no guilt. :)
What can a Catholic do that a Baptist can’t?
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Say hi! to his friends in the liquor store!..................
Heh... not for long, anyway... “water’s no good, here, try this”.
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