Egypt: One of the Oldest Monasteries in the World Unearthed fsspx.news
On the site of Tell Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz, in the oasis of al-Bahariya, “we are touching primitive monasticism,” comments Victor Ghica, a specialist in early Christianity and director of the excavation campaign.
This discovery, he explains, allows us to understand the layout of the buildings and the formation of the first monastic communities in this Egyptian region.
These Christian remains are located 370 km southwest of Cairo. The site was inhabited from the 4th to the 8th century. The earliest foundations of the monastery date back to around AD 350, shortly after the Edict of Milan promulgated by Emperor Constantine in 313…
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